Maggie's Farm

"Involuntarily hospitalizing the severely mentally ill who refuse treatment potentially saves not just the life of a possible victim of very rare violence, but the life of the patient, when treatment can offer them a life off the streets or not icarcerated."

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It's not "rare." The streets are becoming quite dangerous. My wife recently was physically assaulted by a violent crazy person while walking down the sidewalk at 5 p.m. in the financial district. If I had seen it, I would have beat the crap out of the person until he was no longer low-functioning, but non-functioning. Police and building security said they could do nothing since they didn't witness it and the psycho would immediately be let out again even if arrested because there is nowhere to put them. Many of them are violent, especially when cranked up on meth or skunk. She now won't go outside if she's still at work when it starts getting dark without my escorting her. Every time I go outside now to pick her up from her building I see 4 or 5 of these wackadoodles ranting and raving, hitting things, yelling and screaming, or defecating on the sidewalk.

Institutionalize them, incarcerate them, or euthanize them. I have no patience any longer with the mentally ill or the homeless. They are a serious threat to civil society and need to be removed.

We also need to implement the death penalty for drug pushers and dealers who put many of these people into the states they are in. There's no question in my mind that the large majority of mental illness is the result of drug abuse.

But it is realistic. You obviously don't live where you are threatened with violence from these folks every day. The mentally ill are dangerous animals and should be treated as such, and put down if necessary. Just the latest here, yesterday. Let's stop it with the compassion, already, and get rid of these people--permanently.

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http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37785238/man-accused-of-putting-woman-in-chokehold-holding-box-cutter-to-neck-in-waikiki

Police: Man who attacked woman with box cutter in Waikiki chose victim at random
Police: Man who attacked woman with box cutter in Waikiki chose victim at random

02:29Police: Random box cutter attack in Waikiki leaves woman injured

In the latest of a string of violent crimes in Waikiki, a woman is recovering after a man allegedly attacked her with a box cutter, leaving her with gashes to her hands, neck and chin.

It happened in broad daylight — about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon — in front of the Longs Drug Store on Kalakaua Avenue.

Sources say the victim works in the area and was sitting at one of the tables in front of Longs when a man randomly came up behind her.

The two exchanged a few words then, police say, he put her in a chokehold and tried to cut her throat.

It took less than an hour for police to arrest Andrew Davis just blocks from the scene near Royal Hawaiian and Kuhio.

Pama Kanehailua was in his office doing paperwork when he noticed a patrol car stop in the intersection.

"When I looked to see where the officer was looking at I saw the guy standing by the tree," said Kanehailua. "He basically put his hands up and laid on the ground and stayed there. He just gave up."

Police say during the attack a bystander heard the woman scream and knocked Davis to the ground.

Sources say he dropped the box cutter and ran, but a good Samaritan followed him and called police.

People who work in the area say Davis has been homeless for some time and is often seen walking the streets acting strangely.

"Kind of really sketchy, dodgy," said Crystal Palacios. "One of those characters you kind of want to veer away from."

Kanehailua added: "I see him singing loud to himself. Talking to himself. You could tell he wasn't all there."

Now the 49-year-old is accused of attempted murder. He remains behind bars.

A check of Davis' criminal history shows a violent past dating back nearly three decades. He has 19 convictions, including for manslaughter, robbery and drug crimes.

Palacios said the attack has left her rattled.

"There's been so much bad stuff happening. Especially in this area," she said.

A string of violent attacks in Waikiki date back to September, when a man was fatally shot outside club Alley Cat near Kuhio and Seaside.

In early October, a woman visiting from Canada was beaten in an apparent random attack in the area of Kuhio and Kaiulani.

Later that month, a teenager was charged with stabbing a Marine to death outside a night club in Waikiki near Kalakaua and Royal Hawaiian.

Then, just after the new year, a woman was raped, burned and brutally beaten by a man she met outside a bar near Ala Moana and Hobron.

And in February, a man was killed in an apparently unprovoked assault outside another bar close to Ena and Kalakaua.

In response to the attacks, police have pledged to beef up police presence in the state's no. 1 tourist destination, and tourism industry leaders have sought to assure visitors that Waikiki remains a safe place to visit and stay.