People are being illegally detained and held in cages with conditions that violate every health code. They are being held based on just the color of their skin.
People who are doing drugs out in the open and committed instead of being taken to jail after being taken in is what you are talking about. Most states have laws like this but they are never misinterpreted the way that video has done. Here is the Texas law, for comparison
For “temporary” (90-day) inpatient commitment, a person must be mentally ill and EITHER:
likely to cause serious harm to self or others; OR
suffering ALL of the following:
severe and abnormal mental, emotional, or physical distress;
substantial deterioration of ability to function independently; AND
(iii) inability to make rational and informed treatment decisions.
Do us a favor and look up the word "person" in the Texas laws. Why? Because in law, the words "include" or "includes" means only what is included in the definition. Other things don't apply, except that there is a re-defining somewhere else in the law.
I am willing to bet that the definition of "person" doesn't include "man" or "woman." If it doesn't, it only includes artificial entities that are listed. If this is the case, every arrest of a human being is illegal according to law... because "person" is not talking about people.
