This essay written by a police chief shares the animosity toward persons accused of mental illness expressed by E. Fuller Torrey, one of the largest financiers of psychiatric research. Chief Biasotti and Torrey merge psychiatry and criminal justice contrary to reason. Biasotti ignores evidence that psychiatric drugs cause suicidal and violent thoughts. He understands that stopping taking those drugs causes violence, but does not ask if stopping is dangerous why start? Police love psychiatry because it eliminates due process requirements. The Chief attacks advocates for the rights of patients as fake advocates. Most alleged advocates e.g. NAMI who is cited by Biasotti, advocate for more funding for more treatment. NAMI is a front for and funded by the drug industry. Psychiatry is the fake, making up illnesses by consensus and pretending to be based on science. One remarkable statement is "Kendra’s Law is not a draconian rule that forces our will on the mentally ill." What else is forced treatment if not draconian? For what other illnesses do police power force treatment? This essay is a plea to empower police with more tools to fight crime, and makes fantastic claims about the benefits of Kendra's law. It does not explain why persons accused of mental illness should be treated as criminals.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/make_kendra_law_permanent_avLb6Ptjbh5QLNoBFwyQwL
Make Kendra's Law permanent
It protects the mentally ill -- and the public
Last Updated: 11:53 AM, April 25, 2010
Posted: 12:53 AM, April 25, 2010
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