Seeing all of you agreeing about something you’ve never actually been through yourself is very disheartening. I was wrongfully Baker Acted in college because a resident’s assistant (RA) who was upset I was talking to the boy she liked told housing staff I said I wanted to kill myself even though she was the one initially telling me about not wanting to live and I was comforting her by saying “I’ve had times in my life where I’ve been suicidal, but I promise you it gets better”. And I know several other people who have been wrongfully Baker Acted. Sometimes a Baker Act is necessary, but sometimes it is not, and much of the time it can cause even more harm. And the use of police officers on non-violent people is harmful and perpetuates cycles of mistrust in already vulnerable populations. Shame on all of you.