A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City was raised to embrace tolerance but has a history of mental illness, his family said.
“Grafton Thomas has a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations. He has no history of like violent acts and no convictions for any crime,” his family said late Sunday in a statement issued by attorney Michael Sussman. “He has no known history of anti-Semitism and was raised in a home which embraced and respected all religions and races. He is not a member of any hate groups.”
“We believe the actions of which he is accused, if committed by him, tragically reflect profound mental illness,” the statement said.
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Why was he allowed on the street if he had mental illness???
ReplyDeleteAll Progressives such as The Peace Alliance of the lower Shore have Mental health disorders, and take mood medications.
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Because he can't legally be held under our current laws except for certain circumstances.
That is a two-sided coin. It preserves freedom and keeps people from being locked up for dubious reasons (like they were in the Soviet Union), but it also means that people who really need help and should be institutionalized are not.. and the cost of doing that might be a big factor.
That is why this issue of mental illness needs to be addressed.. much more so than so-called 'gun control'. The guns aren't the problem. The people using them are.