People trip over themselves trying to find a reason why a good white kid is not responsible for his actions. Fucking sickening. Can't wait until some one blames rap music
This is a really unfortunate thing you're doing, and in a way attempts to suffocate complex conversations around these crimes. It's trying to imply that anyone who faces the reality we live in in which mental health statistically
is something the police have to think about, and someone who wants to fix the abhorrent mental heath care industry in this country to prevent more crimes like this, is somehow being racist. Some people are, of course. You know how I feel about this. But acknowledging this is a real possibility does not mean we think he doesn't have responsibility or doesn't require punishment or that the racist element isn't still just as sickening.
But the harsh reality Slayven, the one people hate to acknowledge but is absolutely true, is that our brain governs a huge amount of things relating to how we relate to the world. And our brains malfunction
all the time, even with things as simple as visual illusions. When a malfunction is serious enough, it can indeed lead to a higher incidence of violence. And the worse the mental illness is, the less control an individual is likely to have. That said, mental illness != violence, and as most acknowledge we have no idea if this dude will fit the criteria.
But I do think the speculation has a cause, because we keep seeing this happen... and far from just being outraged about the racism and the fact bad things happen in the universe, we want to prevent it as best we can too right? So more families don't have to mourn people who pass too soon?
This is one of those times where there are deeper complexities, and trying to ignore them because we only want to deal with the racist element or the fact that he's a REALLY BAD GUY™ is, well, childish. What are you going to do if the police say he is mentally disabled? Ignore the implications?
