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Old 11-30-2007, 07:30 PM
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Default Re: Hostage crisis ends at Clinton office

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Originally Posted by crazyflamingos View Post
I don't quite understand the point that the letter writer is trying to make. My town has several such mentally ill individuals who wander around town at times causing disturbances.

I always figured dealing with them was part of the police department's job. Either that or we need to seriously upgrade mental health services because, as it now stands, there is no one else available to deal with them.
The point of the letter was just to show that this guy isn't a flash-in-the-pan guy...

He's got a history with the local police and the public knew about it...

You know how people see news reports where neighbors say "Oh! I never thought the guy was unstable and would do something wacky."?...

This ain't one of them...They might not have known he'd go this far, but they knew he had issues well before this...
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