Broward Sheriff: Give Police the Power to Involuntarily Commit People Who Raise 'Red Flags'

[Intoxiklown]

Yeah.....what could possibly go wrong?


Broward Sheriff: Give Police the Power to Involuntarily Commit People Who Raise 'Red Flags'


The Baker Act in Florida allows law enforcement or medical professionals to confine a person involuntarily...but you have to have a reason, you have to be able to articulate that they're a threat to themselves or a threat to someone else.

So what I'm asking our lawmakers to do is go back to places like Tallahassee or places like Washington, D.C. -- give police the power -- if they see something on social media, if they see graphic pictures of rifles and blood and gore and guns and bombs -- if they see something with horrific language -- if they see a person talking about, I want to grow up to be a serial killer -- we need to have the power to take that person and bring them before mental health professionals at that particular time, involuntarily, and have them examined.

People are going to be rightfully so concerned about their rights, as am I. But what about the rights of these students? What about the rights of young kids who go to school with book bags and pencils, don't they have the right to be protected by the United States government to the best of our ability? And that's what we'll be doing.




Link: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...-who-raise-red

[donnay]

Antifa? Black Lives Matter? Democratic politicians?

[phill4paul]

Yeah.....what could possibly go wrong?

Questioning authority are you? Pretty sure that is anti-social behavior. Reported.

[Anti Federalist]

No matter what, no matter how, every time one these things happen, the rest us of lose some more freedom.

[Anti Federalist]

So what I'm asking our lawmakers to do is go back to places like Tallahassee or places like Washington, D.C. -- give police the power -- if they see something on social media, if they see graphic pictures of rifles and blood and gore and guns and bombs -- if they see something with horrific language -- if they see a person talking about, I want to grow up to be a serial killer -- we need to have the power to take that person and bring them before mental health professionals at that particular time, involuntarily, and have them examined.

I wonder...does that include cops who claim that they "thrive on" and "love this $#@!" in regards to killing unarmed people?

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[oyarde]

Red Flags ? I have a Black Flag so I am safe .

[Republicanguy]

Another shooting by a former student with serious problems, why did he have that weapon in the first place. American families should only really have handguns.

[RJB]

They really should have a law against murder!

[acptulsa]

Another shooting by a former student with serious problems, why did he have that weapon in the first place.

Because he bought it. What's more, he even could have bought it where you live, if he had known the right people and had enough money.

American families should only really have handguns.

Would it shock you to learn that American families who have farms, or own hunting lodges, or have kids training to compete in Olympic shooting matches, don't give a flying $#@! what you think they should or shouldn't have?

Antifa? Black Lives Matter? Democratic politicians?

And if they said that's who they would target, would you be in favor of this thing?

[Swordsmyth]

They always want you to think it will only be used against people who "deserve" it, then it turns out that they go after people with yellow flags instead of red flags:

[Swordsmyth]

Another shooting by a former student with serious problems, why did he have that weapon in the first place. American families should only really have handguns.

Get lost Redcoat:

[donnay]

And if they said that's who they would target, would you be in favor of this thing?

No not at all, I was being sarcastic.

[Brian4Liberty]

Better safe than sorry. Safety trumps silly paranoid concerns about authority abusing their new powers. That would never happen. Obey authority and you will be OK, especially if you have nothing to hide. Remember, it's for the children!

[phill4paul]

"Give the police the power...."

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

[CCTelander]

Yet another goddamned Hero. "Thank you police!"

[acptulsa]

Yet another goddamned Hero. "Thank you police!"

Yeah, that. Thank you for waiting until the perp had been gone from the scene for sixteen minutes before storming in and terrorizing the children for three hours for absolutely no reason. Thank you for continuing to hut hut around terrorizing those children for over an hour and a half after the lone perp was apprehended in the next town over.

How can we express our undying gratitude for making sure that the 95% of the children the perp didn't terrorize got terrified? God forbid they get left out.

[dannno]

Better safe than sorry. Safety trumps silly paranoid concerns about authority abusing their new powers. That would never happen. Obey authority and you will be OK, especially if you have nothing to hide. Remember, it's for the children!

You can see my house from there lol..

[CCTelander]

Yeah, that. Thank you for waiting until the perp had been gone from the scene for sixteen minutes before storming in and terrorizing the children for three hours for absolutely no reason. Thank you for continuing to hut hut around terrorizing those children for over an hour and a half after the lone perp was apprehended in the next town over.

How can we express our undying gratitude for making sure that the 95% of the children the perp didn't terrorize got terrified? God forbid they get left out.

All excellent observations. We have so much to bevthankful for in our stalwart defenders in blue. /s