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Deep-Classroom-879 t1_iypeiwd wrote

I was on my way to work today and as the doors at Jay street opened - I saw four cops surrounding what appeared to be a compromised person pushing an empty grocery cart. He was saying he didn’t want to go. Doors close. I get off at York street and head up the hill under the bridge and across the street.-Suddenly I hear cackling and screaming and when I look over an older gentleman who had been walking with a cane had been pushed to the ground. I didn’t see pushed him. I rushed over to help him up and another guy joins. Two minutes later, with a nod - we’re all running off to work. I do not think hospitalizing people against their will is the right way. The intervention should be about offering social services, housing etc. And yet I do worry about my fellow New Yorkers.

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RichDaCuban t1_iypk19a wrote

I don't LIKE the idea of forced hospitalization either but the problem is that the city has been following the idea of offering social services but the people who need it most don't accept in the vast majority of cases.

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fafalone t1_iyu8vja wrote

They might if e.g. shelters didn't suck so much.

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Deep-Classroom-879 t1_iyvqvzf wrote

Wow - I’m actually shocked that I’ve been downvoted. I told this community about a experience that left me shaken, my complicated feelings about seeing both things within 5 mins and my attempt to process it. It’s almost as if you all really don’t care about an elderly gentleman who was pushed and would rather just glorify a workforce that isn’t trained to commit people to hospitals. Trust me they don’t want the responsibility either - that’s not what they signed up for. In any case, nyc - try getting out and helping someone who has just been pushed down next time instead of getting hard every time someone mentions calling the cops.

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