We Need To Bring Back Mass Incarceration And Involuntary Commitment

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We Need To Bring Back Mass Incarceration And Involuntary Commitment
John Daniel Davidson


The brutal, unprovoked murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska by Decarlos Brown Jr. on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, should be a radicalizing moment for all law-abiding Americans who just want to live and work in peaceful, orderly cities.

Above all, it should rally public support for a crackdown on violent criminals and a return to mass incarceration and involuntary commitment in cities across the country.

We used to know how to deal with psychotic, violent criminals. They would either be incarcerated for a long period of time or involuntarily committed to long-term treatment in a state psychiatric hospital.

But for many years now, involuntary commitment and mass incarceration have been deemed “structurally racist” by leftists and useful idiots on the right. We were told we had to get rid of these problematic relics of the past, which didn’t work anyway. The BLM movement of 2020 and the false narrative around George Floyd’s death did much to bring about criminal justice “reforms” like cashless bail, decriminalizing homelessness, and emptying the jails in the name of racial equity. A cadre of Soros-funded district attorneys in major cities, along with radically left-wing municipal governments and mayors, were only too eager to make these changes. We were told these things were not just moral imperatives necessary to atone for racism but that they would make our streets safer.

What utter nonsense.

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[DCPatriot]

I vote for "Woodchippers",...feet first,  of course.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Attending AA and NA meetings, and taking their psyche meds as directed should be a condition of probabtion/parole.

[Smokin Joe]

Attending AA and NA meetings, and taking their psyche meds as directed should be a condition of probation/parole.

Maybe. Sending the unwilling to AA/NA meetings only undermines the truly recovering peoples' sobriety. Among the often emotionally fragile who want to quit, their cynicism is a definite negative influence.

The only way to get that to do any good is under close (inpatient) supervision.

[Fishrrman]

I believe a mentally ill person who commits homicide should face the death penalty just as does one who is "sane".

Indeed, seems to me that if someone is so "out of control of his own faculties" that he can kill without realizing the gravity of his actions, it is MORE imperative that he be put down -- same as Atticus Finch did that with rabid dog in To Kill a Mockingbird.

"Not guilty by reason of insanity" is a perversion of justice.
Got a problem with that?
Ask John Warnock Hinckley, Jr.
He'll straighten you right out.

[dfwgator]

As Richard Pryor said, 'Thank God We Got Penitentiaries!'

[GtHawk]

I just glanced quickly at the headline this morning and my brain saw it as we need to bring back mass  incinerations That is all

[the OlLine Rebel]

I believe a mentally ill person who commits homicide should face the death penalty just as does one who is "sane".

Indeed, seems to me that if someone is so "out of control of his own faculties" that he can kill without realizing the gravity of his actions, it is MORE imperative that he be put down -- same as Atticus Finch did that with rabid dog in To Kill a Mockingbird.

"Not guilty by reason of insanity" is a perversion of justice.
Got a problem with that?
Ask John Warnock Hinckley, Jr.
He'll straighten you right out.

I absolutely agree.

It's absurd how we've become so soft and "kind" - we've gone insane, protecting the insane (lately, that includes trannies).  Never mind all the other "kindness" - he had a bad life, or, he just needed to eat, or heck, we shouldn't be as mean to the criminal/thug as he was to the victim!

But then, we live in Absurdistan.

[DB]

I believe a mentally ill person who commits homicide should face the death penalty just as does one who is "sane".

Indeed, seems to me that if someone is so "out of control of his own faculties" that he can kill without realizing the gravity of his actions, it is MORE imperative that he be put down -- same as Atticus Finch did that with rabid dog in To Kill a Mockingbird.

"Not guilty by reason of insanity" is a perversion of justice.
Got a problem with that?
Ask John Warnock Hinckley, Jr.
He'll straighten you right out.

I'll add a nuance to that. Someone that has a physical brain injury/tumor that can be medically corrected (not psycho drugs) deserves special treatment and perhaps freedom. Those are very rare.

Those that require drugs to not be homicidal must be institutionalized at a minimum.