[Mageek]

My next door neighbor would scream at people passing by. I’d routinely be woken at 7am due to his swearing. Things started getting worse. He verbally threatened to kill people. He bashed in an RV parked on the road by his property, causing thousands in damage. He jumped off his balcony toward a neighbor he was threatening. I went, with some others, to the police. They couldn’t do anything. If he yelled on his propery, that was his business. If the RV owner wanted to press charges, that was their business. Oh, they could offer him help, but he’d have to take it. Shortly thereafter, I had heard him calmly yelling “You think I’m scared of the police?! I’m not scared of no *Ing police!” And why should he? They visited him multiple times a week and did nothing. Two weeks later he beat his mother to death with a tire iron. Yes, we need good ways to determine instability, but some of these cases are pretty clear cut, and we have a very real problem.