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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (263752)12/8/2005 12:18:34 AM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (1) of 1577837
 
The Feds murdered a man suffering from mental illness:

news.yahoo.com

Mary Gardner, a passenger aboard the Orlando-bound flight, told WTVJ-TV in Miami that the man ran down the aisle from the rear of the plane. "He was frantic, his arms flailing in the air," she said. She said a woman followed, shouting, "My husband! My husband!"

Mike Irizarry, a passenger shown on CNN, added that Alpizar "just kept saying, `I got to get off, I got to get off' and then he ran off the plane."

Gardner said she heard the woman say her husband was bipolar — a mental illness also known as manic-depression — and had not had his medication. Bauer said he could not say whether Alpizar was ill.

Gardner said four to five shots were fired.

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I had called the airlines to see about having my mentally retarded sister fly to Calif for a visit, where the airline provides escording, but after reading about this incident I'm not sure I'd trust the airlines to handle the mentally handicapped. While his bipolar illness is completely different than mental retardation, would you put your mentally retarded sister on a plane knowing that the govt would murder her if she jokingly says she has a bomb? How am I suppose to know whether or not she would say something foolish like that or not? It certainly isn't worth the risk of her life. I wonder if a person can ensure the airline stewards are properly informed when a customer is handicapped?
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