VapidLapid
Ideal_Rock
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We seem always to be in the wake of yet another tragedy that should have been avoidable. Regardless of the weaponry used, the untreated mentally ill seem to be a common factor. Most of us have wondered why no one noticed before the "it" moment came. Or had some had concerns but did nothing because it wasn't their business, or more likely, did not know what to tell to whom.
There is currently in my neighborhood, a guy who is certainly a paranoid schizophrenic. During the last year many of the local residents, who had been kind to him, became the objects of his delusions. Delusions which seem to be getting worse. Early in the year he made threatening statements to his brother, who, along with their mother, called the NYPD, who visited him. We will never know what happened, but he claims they broke in and assaulted him and broke his ankle. His brother has a restraining order against him.
Last week he sent an email to about 20 people, ranting about how he was going down to Vestry street by the former hole of 9/11 that he predicted, and how he was going to end the police state single handedly. He has also approached people in cafes and bars ranting about one thing or another, and making implied threats against their mutual acquaintances. I would post the email (I did not receive it, it was forwarded to me by a worried recipient) but I am not sure if that would be legal. Certainly I have no concern that he would see it here.
So the real question I am asking is, in a situation like this, whom does one tell?
There is currently in my neighborhood, a guy who is certainly a paranoid schizophrenic. During the last year many of the local residents, who had been kind to him, became the objects of his delusions. Delusions which seem to be getting worse. Early in the year he made threatening statements to his brother, who, along with their mother, called the NYPD, who visited him. We will never know what happened, but he claims they broke in and assaulted him and broke his ankle. His brother has a restraining order against him.
Last week he sent an email to about 20 people, ranting about how he was going down to Vestry street by the former hole of 9/11 that he predicted, and how he was going to end the police state single handedly. He has also approached people in cafes and bars ranting about one thing or another, and making implied threats against their mutual acquaintances. I would post the email (I did not receive it, it was forwarded to me by a worried recipient) but I am not sure if that would be legal. Certainly I have no concern that he would see it here.
So the real question I am asking is, in a situation like this, whom does one tell?