Video emerges of naked man accosting riders at BART station -

[Hell Hath No Fury]

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2013/06/11/video-emerges-of-naked-man-accosting-riders-at-bart-station/

"A video emerged Monday depicting a bizarre incident at a San Francisco BART station last month, with a naked man accosting several passengers and doing flips, handstands, the splits and other gymnastic maneuvers on the BART turnstiles.

The video, recorded May 10 by a BART station agent at the 16th Street Mission Station, shows the man lunge at and attack several passengers, and at one point pound the ground while passengers step gingerly around him.

The video also shows a BART maintenance worker trying to block the man from getting close to passengers. The station agent recording the video helps one woman, who is visibly distressed, hide from the man in the booth."

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For me, this is the most relevant part:

"Perez was taken to California Pacific Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation and then was kept by the facility on an emergency psychiatric hold, Allison said."

Please note: this man was not tasered, this man was not shot. There have been so many incidents in the news recently of police/security over reacting to such situations. I am very happy to see authorities respond in the appropriate way.

[n2doc]

1. And they will probably release him today

because 'he's not a danger to himself or others'

America- where you are free to be as mentally ill as you want to be.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. He was on a 72 hour hold -

and released. He may have been on a bad trip and the 72 hours gave him the chance to come down. I saw that happen with neighbors on two different occasions -- the officers responded in a positive way, they took the time and had the patience to bring them both in without force.

[clarice]

3. Naked splits !!??? That had to hurt. nt