mentally ill man released on bail

[Old_Me]

ok, some time ago, some mentally ill guy, in my state.......was standing on a street corner.

pointing a fake gun, at himself, and others.

cops arrived, numbnutz points the gun at the cops, and cop shoots him in the shoulder.

it was said the guy IS MENTALLY ...........

and the judge releases him on bail

you cannot make this up.

"According to his mother, Yidana is mentally disabled and has struggled with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder for more than a decade.

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Yidana’s bail was set at $10,000 personal recognizance with the condition that he undergo mental health monitoring. He left court with his mother, who told 12 News her son is “doing good.”

His attorney offered no comment outside court.

Yidana also pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of simple assault and/or battery, vandalism, and disorderly conduct from a separate case dating back to February.

He’s due back in court later this month for a pretrial conference in that case, then again in December for the charges related to the June shooting.'

and the "gun grabbing" from us LEGAL gun owners...continues....

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/suspect-in-pawtucket-officer-involved-shooting-due-in-court/

 

[Recusant]

Sounds like maybe the police officers in that department need more range time!

 

[Jsimon78]

Sounds like maybe the police officers in that department need more range time!

Some times the only thing to do is qualify. Sad but true.

 

[Jsimon78]

I had my own experience with a county sheriff after my car broke down at a stop sign. I am a CC permit holder in Illinois and all I’ll say that I was more calm than the sheriff when I got help.

 

[Recusant]

Some times the only thing to do is qualify. Sad but true.

My thought was what if the suspect had been armed with a real handgun? A wounded gunman can still kill you!

 

[Jsimon78]

My thought was what if the suspect had been armed with a real handgun? A wounded gunman can still kill you!

Yes a wounded gunman can still kill but then there’s excessive force. There’s a lot of boundaries on where the lines are when it comes to self defense.

 

[SteveInConverse]

ok, some time ago, some mentally ill guy, in my state.......was standing on a street corner.

pointing a fake gun, at himself, and others.

cops arrived, numbnutz points the gun at the cops, and cop shoots him in the shoulder.

it was said the guy IS MENTALLY ...........

and the judge releases him on bail

you cannot make this up.

Mentally ill or not, he has the same 8th Amendment Right as you or me. Past that, does the state do mental health evaluations of people like this when in state custody? If he isnt a danger to himself or others at the time that his release is pending, why should he be held? Maybe it was a medication issue, under and over-medicated creates temporary issues.

 

[SteveInConverse]

Sounds like maybe the police officers in that department need more range time!

Why? So instead of wounding the mentally ill guy with a toy rifle, the officer can kill him and have to live with that? This was a good outcome, all things considered. Law enforcement are trained "to stop the threat", not to kill per se. Was the guy stopped? Yep.