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http://portsmouth.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/navy-yard-gunman-had-interactions-with-newport-police-last-month
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)The "chip in my head" thing is amazingly widespread, given its specificity.
The same illness would, before chips existed, have had a different culturally derived "best explanation" narrative, probably involving angels or demons.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)from being at Ground Zero on Sept 11.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)How the FUCK did this guy not register on anybody's radar?????????????
DJ13
(23,671 posts)Sure, no problem.
On thing though, is this for you or that chip in your head?
Not that it makes any difference......
Stupefacto
(36 posts)DJ13
(23,671 posts)He used a shotgun and two pistols as far as I've heard.
Stupefacto
(36 posts)DJ13
(23,671 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)and what criteria is used to tag them.
This guy moved so much - it would take a national database to handle it.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)But when nobody makes any effort to update it, despite any people having had contact and knowing, all the checks and services are useless.
I saw it over and over. Especially with parents. The know their child is severely disturbed, but refuse to ever seek real treatment or report them for crimes such as attacking then because they "don't want them in the system" or "don't want them labeled". So nobody outside few know they have these problems, until they snap so bad it has to be noticed.
Many police departments also would rather just send somebody down the road to be somebody else's problem instead of seeking a 72 hour mental health eval,where at least somebody might care enough to start paperwork on these guys.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Really?? Is that you characterize the mentally ill? And is someone acting stupid being "retarded"?