Showing posts with label Kendra's Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kendra's Law. Show all posts

August 16, 2010

Woman Pushed Into Subway Train

A drunk man pushed a woman in front of train for no reason. He was arrested and placed into a mental hospital. Why are there no cries for a new law named after this woman? One man pushed a woman (Kendra Webdale, 2006) and that one case was used to create a new law that can be used against all people. What is the reasoning behind this irrational public policy?

[From article]
"I really think he meant to push me in front of the train. I did see the tracks," said the German-born Linhart,
[. . .]
"It's obvious this guy was trying to kill me."

LUCKY TO BE ALIVE: Ute Linhart was pushed into the path of an R train at 23rd Street by a drunken stranger, police said.
Janet N. Zappasodi/Zap-Photography
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE: Ute Linhart was pushed into the path of an R train at 23rd Street by a drunken stranger, police said.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/gal_hit_by_train_in_shove_horror_xvyNT7Y5K8xt70uL6sWplM

Fashion big wig pushed in front of R train

Last Updated: 11:28 AM, August 13, 2010

Posted: 3:37 AM, August 13, 2010

May 17, 2010

Misguided NY Post Editorial on Psychiatry

Post editors' argument to make Kendra's Law permanent is flawed. They repeat the mantra of the drug companies that stopping taking drugs causes violence. They omit the thought that if stopping taking them causes violence why start? What evidence is there that persons accused of mental illness who do not take drugs are violent? The evidence may show that violent persons who commit crimes are accused also of mental illness. Taking a person's freedom when accused of mental illness requires no due process protections while accusations of crime do. No wonder why police support psychiatry. The Nazis medicalized social problems. Because one criminal killed an innocent woman does not mean that all persons accused of mental illness are violent. The Post needs to rethink its misguided support for this law. The Editors argue for common sense which suggests the need for scrutiny of psychiatry, a collection of personal opinions masquerading as science.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/kendra_law_forever_jgqrhN3TZ8y5rxQ8ibqjuN

Kendra’s Law forever
Editorial
New York Post

Last Updated: 5:03 AM, May 16, 2010

Posted: May 16, 2010

May 7, 2010

Misguided Essay on Psychiatry

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

January 11, 2010

Pervasive Bias Pervasive


If one black person commits a crime are all blacks likely to do the same? If one homosexual commits a crime are all of them likely to do the same? Why stereotype persons with disabilities? This shows the pervasive bias among journalists, politicians and especially those who make money treating persons with disabilities.

"Kendra Webdale, who was murdered by being pushed in front of a subway train by an insane man.
[. . .]
without legislative action, Kendra's Law dies in June.
[. . .]
'The law has worked beyond our expectations,' said DJ Jaffe, a board member of the Treatment Advocacy Center,
[. . .]
But Miccio is not contrite. He told me that no one, no matter how sick, should be forced into treatment against his will.
[. . .]
Is everyone nuts?"

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fear_for_this_state_sanity_1OMsSuCmnXla2y68stdHMO

Fear for this state's sanity
Andrea Peyser
New York Post
Last Updated: 6:27 AM, January 7, 2010
Posted: 3:22 AM, January 7, 2010