Whale_bones
Specialist
- Feb 11, 2020
- 318
I don't need to think it, I experienced it. I specifically said I was talking about US laws, not UK laws, and that I'm not knowledgeable on UK laws. My comment applies to the US only. You mention crimes and being arrested; again, I'm specifically talking about mental health statutes that are used when *no* crime is being committed.Wht d/ u thnk th/ polce r goin2 d/
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This is an example of the statute in Connecticut. There's several reasonable things listed, involving various professionals and assessments. Then there's one where a single police officer, with no consultation with a healthcare professional of any kind, can make the decision completely by themselves to force someone into physical custody. At that point they immediately remove all of the rights someone would normally have- rights that even criminals are guaranteed- and many other actions are left up to their discretion. For example, the statute I linked states that the person has to be taken to an emergency room, but there's nothing stated on how soon that has to be done, or in what manner it has to be done.
These laws are written vaguely enough that they give police officers incredibly wide berth to do things that would otherwise be considered completely unconstitutional. With no right to contact anyone or record the interaction, a person is literally physically unable to protect themselves.
Most people don't know, and I didn't know until recently, how unjust these statutes are and how they can be used even if they live in the US, because we hear so often about criminal laws when it comes to police interaction, and these specific statutes are never publicly talked about. It's so draining for me to talk about this though, I've explained it in previous posts so this will probably be the last I talk about it, and the blanket statements dismissing what I went through as if everyone was lucky enough to be assigned a good cop are unsettling. The information related to these statutes is available online for most states, for those who want to know.