Packets From The Void@UntaggedTransmitter@aberrantwinds.bond
@gavi@bagel.ing
Soon as someone's actions or thought processes are "scary" then "support" disappears and its all back to carceral violence.
Everyone's an abolitionist until they are made uncomfortable by someone else's suffering.
Packets From The Void@UntaggedTransmitter@aberrantwinds.bond
@gavi@bagel.ing
A memory that will never leave me is watching a friend being handcuffed and chained to the back of a police car because the hospital policy was entirely liability avoidance.
She certainly wasn't dangerous to anyone, just terrified by the traumatic processes being inflicted.
Her delusions at the time weren't well managed, but the vast majority of the suffering she described was generated by the trauma of incarceration and the threat of homelessness upon her release.
Neither the ER or state hospital did much to help her manage the delusions either, just drugged her until she wasn't coherent enough to talk about them.
I was happy to have her live with us but she deserved a more reliable support system than hoping her TTRPG acquaintances could drive 4 hours on a weekday with next to no notice to pick her up and give her a place to stay.