• horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Please rethink that career path.

          Every defense lawyer in a shooting case is going to claim mental duress in a shooting.

          People who commit racially motivated crimes don’t get the benefit of the doubt.

          Does this man have a history of mental health problems? Are they under the care and supervision of a mental health provider? Are they taking anti psychotic meds?

          If any of those statements are true, what were they doing in possession of a firearm in the first place?

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            5 months ago

            All those questions deserve proper investigation. I was not excusing this man from his crimes, merely pointing out his lawyer was claiming he’d had a mental health crisis and that they should be investigated.

            And I’m a pretty damn good therapist so I think I’m gonna keep it up. Maybe you should just go fuck yourself?

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        5 months ago

        Kind of two different things. You didn’t ask what mental health emergency he was specifically having, you asked what kind would explain it. That would definitely explain it

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        5 months ago

        We’re on the DSM 5 now, they recategorized that one to just “brain damage: fascist”