Dems urge Dallas DA Hawk to resign after she details depression therapy, threats to kill herself
Local Democrats renewed their call for Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk to resign Sunday, the same day D Magazine revealed details of Hawk’s battle with depression, including recent threats to kill herself.
Hawk, a Republican, wanted to resign in July because of suicidal thoughts, according to the magazine. Instead, she spent two months at the Menninger Clinic, a premier psychiatric hospital in Houston.
D Magazine reported that Hawk thought about overdosing on sleeping pills before she checked herself into the mental health facility. While there, she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, considered strangling herself with a blow dryer cord and, at one point, was officially committed after telling a nurse: “I’m going to kill myself anyway. Just let me go home,” the magazine reported after an interview with Hawk.
Dallas County Democrats responded Sunday by releasing a statement in which they moved beyond nuanced calls for her resignation and explicitly pushed for her ouster.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20151004-democrats-urge-da-hawk-to-quit-after-she-details-depression-therapy.ece
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