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The common thread amongst all these police 'problems' is that the people do not obey the police commands.  It is not the responsibility of the police force to provide mental health counseling to these people.  On most issues I am a 'whiney liberal' as one of the other commenters posted, but I'm not naive enough to believe that there aren't people out there who have no qualms about hurting me or my family.  If you really feel passionate about helping these folks, then please go downtown or into one of the neighborhood parks I can no longer take my daughter to, and ask some of these 'innocents' to come live with you where you can provide the 'cure' for them through love and understanding. You would stop being a hypocrite, and the homeless problem would be solved.  Given the number of folks filled with righteous indignation, I'm sure the streets and parks will be cleaned up in no time!  yay

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