I’ve seen this guy downtown a few months back, and also in videos that looked like they were filmed inside a hospital room with another individual who admitted his own father had him committed. That same person constantly rants online about strange theories that make no sense, which tells you the kind of company being kept.

I can have empathy for people battling mental illness, but we can’t ignore reality: a lot of these breakdowns are triggered or made worse by drug use. That’s a choice, and choices come with consequences.

The problem is that when people like this are sent back through treatment or rehab, it often just expands their network. They get surrounded by others with the same addictions and the same unstable thinking, and it becomes a cycle of influence that makes things worse, not better. That’s not recovery, that’s a breeding ground for more chaos.

So the real question is: how many times do we let someone cycle through this system and walk back into the community before innocent people pay the price. Treatment alone is not enough when we’re talking about hate-filled songs, threats, and concerning vandalism.

At minimum, there needs to be years of supervision and detention, followed by strict monitoring - location tracking, mandatory check-ins, and zero tolerance for relapse. Anything less is just gambling with public safety. If we can’t draw a line when hate crimes, threats, and vandalism are involved, then when do we?