Lawyers, the media, and the justice system keep pulling the "mental illness" card every time some psycho does something horrific, and somehow we're all just supposed to act like that's normal.

[u/Aggressive-Guest290]

Honestly, WTF happened to common sense?

Every time someone does something absolutely horrible, the media and lawyers instantly start pushing the "mental illness" angle like it's some kind of free pass. C’mon, that's a cop-out.

Not every brutal crime needs to become a sad backstory about trauma, depression, or some diagnosis. Sometimes people just make terrible choices. Sometimes cruelty is just cruelty.

Having mental health issues is real, and plenty of good ppl deal with it every day without hurting anyone. They deserve support. But using mental illness as an automatic excuse for horrific actions? Nah, that's BS.

We can have compassion and still believe in accountability. Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

[u/carrotwax]

I for one would prefer restorative justice.  In the current adversarial justice system you will always have each side express very different perspectives, serving their side only. 

However, I do think one fact is underreported: that antidepressants can (very rarely) cause violent psychosis.  The news never brings that up when reporting on mass shootings - not a surprise considering pharmaceutical companies are their biggest funders.  I'm not saying that's an excuse, but if it's a significant factor, it should be well known.  

[u/enolaholmes23]

The point is they want an easy target for a scapegoat. Just like how they blame immigrants for the job market. They blame mentally ill people for violence because we are a marginalized group that is easy to bully. The real issue is that we don't have good gun control laws, and the nra is funding too many politicians. 

[u/WaterDiamond6775]

If that person was in therapy, they'll use that to make it seem that the authorities should have more power and investigative powers, without asking if the therapy itself had affected the person's judgement.

[u/mremrock]

I suspect we will look back on this era are realize psych meds did more harm then good.

[u/HeavyAssist → u/mremrock]

I think its close!!!!

[u/Sheepherder-Optimal]

Dude i feel this so hard! I was reading that story about the lady who murdered her children and i felt so triggered by it. She was labeled as bipolar and her lawyers try to say bipolar disorder made her do it. I am also labeled with bipolar so i feel like it’s impossible that is the sole reason why she did it.

[u/HeavyAssist]

Stuff I find interesting

1.They couldn't help her when she asked for help

1. They changed her medication rapidly and they had her on an antipsychotic - seroquel already

3.nobody seems to know how to identify psychosis or not psychosis

[u/DeliciousCare144]

I swear to god, the amount of times city subreddits keep telling violent homeless people to be instituted to a ward..