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A tragedy in North Carolina

A tragedy in North Carolina. Police shoot and kill an 18 year old man, identified as 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighing 100 pounds. His mother, Mary Wilsey stated vehemently, “This is not how mental health patients should be treated”. ========= Our son David has mental illness. He is 83 pounds of lean muscle. When he is in a manic state, it take three or four people to restrain him, so that he doesn’t hurt either himself or anyone else. Is it necessary for police officers to use deadly force? In this instance, evidently the officer felt it was justified. Even after the man was tasered, and being restrained by two other officers. I don’t have access to all of the facts. The people who do, who were present, who have the facts, well let’s hope that the truth comes out. A tragedy all the way around, no matter

Frustrating visit. Attitude.

Prior to today’s visit, we had two weekend family visits left at David’s current facility. So we extended the visit by an hour. Soon, he will be 500 miles away, making it impossible to visit him weekly. The visit started out rocky with David not listening. But he settled down. Then an hour before the visit was to end, David started antagonizing his sister. Pushing until she got upset. So mom and I sat David down, we explained to him that our weekly visits were coming to an end because of the move to the new facility. He got mouthy. Said that he was told that it wasn’t happening for a while. So we explained to him that it was happening in 12 days. Denial set in. So we packed up and ended the visit early. Denial isn’t really the right word for it. He just didn’t care. We explained

report on behaviors — seems to feed off others

Received a phone call last night. David had to be transported from chapel to cottage because he was misbehaving. The report that I received was: Evidently another resident was having difficulty, and left chapel early. David followed with a grin on his face. When staff was working with the other resident, evidently that resident lashed out at staff. While that child was being transported, David went to his defense and attacked staff. After a few minutes of restraint and a disc melt (zyprexa), he was fine. I find it interesting that he went in aid of another resident like that. I don’t condone the violent behavior, and appreciate the report from staff. Tweet #fighting4answrs