SPIDERMAN! (not really)

[ElephantGuts]

Well the problem with crazy people is they don't always know what's right and wrong; this guy might take the acting like a superhero thing too far and start killing people he thinks are "villains." I'm not saying he's going to, but I don't trust crazy people, as they're so unpredictable. He should atleast be evaluated so it is determined he isn't a threat before he goes back out into the world.

That is true, but it's entirely possible he has been evaluated, admittedly I don't know the system in Israel but I had a friend that was not entirely all there and sometimes he'd be taken down the station for odd behaviour, the police would call a doctor from the psyche ward, they'd explain that he's not dangerous (or at leats he wasn't at the time) and they'd let him go.

"or at leats he wasn't at the time", huh? Does that mean he became dangerous? Sounds like a story.

And in the OP it did say that "the suspect was brought in the station, and was even recognized by the investigator for similar incidents in the past." which suggests that the situation is similar to your friend's, and would also explain why security around him was low and he was allowed to escape.

I don't really think he's a threat to anybody, but I wouldn't want him jumping on the roof of my car.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

"or at leats he wasn't at the time", huh? Does that mean he became dangerous? Sounds like a story.

Well, he never actually did anything life threatening except the time he tried to shove a mates head into a deep fat fryer and then ran around the pub and the road outside with a kitchen knife trying to stab people, but then it can't be too hard to do if you really want to, so I suspect he was just trying to scare people.

 

[ElephantGuts]

"or at leats he wasn't at the time", huh? Does that mean he became dangerous? Sounds like a story.

Well, he never actually did anything life threatening except the time he tried to shove a mates head into a deep fat fryer and then ran around the pub and the road outside with a kitchen knife trying to stab people, but then it can't be too hard to do if you really want to, so I suspect he was just trying to scare people.

See? Unpredictable. I don't like those crazies. Atleast the ones who don't have the common decency to bottle it up in public and release it in some way at home, or atleast not around me.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

See? Unpredictable. I don't like those crazies. Atleast the ones who don't have the common decency to bottle it up in public and release it in some way at home, or atleast not around me.

No it was expected, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was a descent over about a year or so, he just got more and more paranoid and belligerent, we saw it coming.

 

[arcainia]

I'm still waiting for a picture of Israeli Octopus guy.

I'll let you know as soon as he shows up.

 

[ElephantGuts]

See? Unpredictable. I don't like those crazies. Atleast the ones who don't have the common decency to bottle it up in public and release it in some way at home, or atleast not around me.

No it was expected, it wasn't a sudden thing, it was a descent over about a year or so, he just got more and more paranoid and belligerent, we saw it coming.

Was he ever diagnosed with schizophrenia or something, or was he just plain "crazy"? Because there's meds for schizophrenia. And if he was becoming that bad over a year, wasn't there any point where you thought, "Maybe we should stop hanging out with this guy?"

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Was he ever diagnosed with schizophrenia or something, or was he just plain "crazy"? Because there's meds for schizophrenia. And if he was becoming that bad over a year, wasn't there any point where you thought, "Maybe we should stop hanging out with this guy?"

Oh yeah, he was diagnosed schizophrenic, he'd been in mental hospitals before. He was on some pretty hardcore antipsychotics. 200mg of the stuff would have you out for the count and he was on 800 plus various other meds besides. They sent him down for a 6 month stretch in a secure unit when he wasn't that crazy and thet really fucked him up. We did stop hanging around with him, but as he would remind my mate as he rang his house for the twentieth time that day: "I've got legs you know? I've got legs!"

 

[cyber_andyy]

That was so rediculous I couldn't laugh for a good few sconds after reading it.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Was he ever diagnosed with schizophrenia or something, or was he just plain "crazy"? Because there's meds for schizophrenia. And if he was becoming that bad over a year, wasn't there any point where you thought, "Maybe we should stop hanging out with this guy?"

Oh yeah, he was diagnosed schizophrenic, he'd been in mental hospitals before. He was on some pretty hardcore antipsychotics. 200mg of the stuff would have you out for the count and he was on 800 plus various other meds besides. They sent him down for a 6 month stretch in a secure unit when he wasn't that crazy and thet really fucked him up. We did stop hanging around with him, but as he would remind my mate as he rang his house for the twentieth time that day: "I've got legs you know? I've got legs!"

Wow, that's pretty messed up. Sucks for him. That's another reason I don't like crazy people, they're stories are always so sad. Then I want to feel bad for them, but then they rape and murder someone... It's confusing.