• Jake Farm
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    3 months ago

    If they aren’t responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.

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      3 months ago

      That’s silly. If professionals can’t subdue a person completely out of control, you can’t expect a layman to do it instead.

      • Jake Farm
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        3 months ago

        There are a lot of legal restrictions on how the hospital is allowed respond to violent patients