it's okay take a deep breath I don't
know the truck bro hit me I don't know
the person that punch
me
Girl by jacket to that y you don't know
who it
was I got up I
Michel got R
over
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you might not have recognized him from
the introduction but this video is about
Dave Dave's been on the channel multiple
times and he is the perfect example of
how broken our Mental Health Care system
is in
America I want to start off by telling
you that Dave is not homeless he has an
apartment courtesy of the US government
and has a caretaker that checks in on
him sometimes regardless of that Dave is
constantly taking up emergency services
this video is the fourth time in just a
few months that Dave has been
transported by police to a medical
facility and these are just the ones
that I am aware of Dave has a mental
illness that affects how he thinks feels
and behaves aves he often appears to
have lost touch with reality and this
has made him susceptible to drugs of
abuse like cocaine and methamphetamine
which only make his mental state more
volatile at least four times in just as
many months police officers have taken
him to emergency facilities for his own
safety the problem is nothing about his
care has changed often when a police
officer takes a person to a hospital
he's back on the streets within a few
hours they hold him until he's calmed
down then he's right back out on the
street and does it all over again this
is not how we treat people with serious
health problems why do we do it with
mental health with proper care and
supervision Dave would be an amazing man
to be around and could live a productive
and fulfilling life without proper care
and supervision he's about as capable as
an Alzheimer's patient we don't give
Alzheimer's patients a free apartment
and a debit card and send them out on
their own but for some reason we do it
with people like Dave in today's video
you'll see Dave after he's been
assaulted he's a shell of his usual self
someone has to watch over him I hear all
the time about how the police aren't
properly trained or equipped to handle
people like
Dave but I haven't seen anyone else
stepping up
kind of on and off all day he's been up
for a couple days we usually work with
him he's usually pretty calm today's
been a bad day he's been trying to go
treatment he's got Medicare he can't get
into a lot of places he wants to go
treatment but today he just has like
Spiral out like he in the building
trying to do stuff and like destroy
things come out got crazy to set me on
fire try to set people on fire I trying
to give a little light just because
what's his name David David David really
needs help like just mental help but he
has Medicare is he bleeding right now
too he's bleeding okay his eye right
here is bleeding it's not like super bad
it's just like a little cut
okay we'll see if he wants a medic did
he say anything about a medic no you
guys could transport him to like a
medical a a mental facility okay cuz
we've been trying to get him and he's
tried so many times to get treatment and
it's like so defeating now at this point
he's like he's been up for days Days
flashing light
okay good thank you
guys you say tried to light you on the
fire I mean like take the
lighter inside the church he's
hallucinating a bottle of water and so
because he's been up for a few days
before all of that he tries to shove
hold on try to shove this in my mouth a
whole one in my mouth as well
kind of had to lock him out of the
church and stuff too so okay you guys
work here so the one girl that is in
there she they saying she said she had
had a knife she's in there bragging or
something that's what she she's in there
right now bragging like oh I got a knife
the other guy the other guy got ghost
shots in there so if anything R through
my yard and they they saw him and the
girl coming through my yard and they
came through there and tell me him I
don't know for what no he just made a
scene out here something happened he
left those people brought him back cuz
they thought he stole something now he
they must have hurt him so he's now on
the
ground he's not who is he saying hurt
him I think people brought him back they
brought him back through his yard
through my yard oh we don't know who
they are y watch they him by the back
see where
his adding by that and they was pulling
across the
street that's only reason I got involved
because I watch out him
our little neighborhood just
likees we watch out each that's what we
do and um so you guys are just neighbors
you don't work here no I'm the neighbor
I'm a neighbor I stay in the that's my
church I go to that church
okay
don't therez he's pretty friendly
everybody
knows
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R hey David
David David this is a
fresh David can you hear
me what's going on
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today by
who it's okay take a deep breath I'm not
a
track hit me I don't know the person
that pun
me
Girl grabing by jacket ping that y you
don't know who it
was got beat up I'm
Michael L you got ran
over you got ran over do you think you
need a medic wagon Need A
Doctor David do you need a
medic hurt where you hurting at Bud in
maybe we should
just
191 can I get a 24 head in my
way I copy in the rear
496 yes
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ma'am
know best thing we can do is p
get wants it he has Medicare he can't
get into anywhere but Valley like a week
and you guys have confirmed that he has
like
isation and he's been up for days oh my
God I go it do you guys know Richard
yeah I've never seen Richard like
that
okay but like I told them he really
wants help he does he has Medicare he
can't get into a lot of places because
he has the Medicare we've sent him to
multiple places because of the Medicare
they've rejected him he wants he wants
the help but the last time spin him out
of control like that was last week and
now he's been on a brender ever since
like he wants he's just been B since
then
and he even said the last time he was
here because I was like Friday when you
here you weren't you weren't yourself
yeah it was
bad and he said the skopia is coming
back us so one of them guys your blesses
that Dave that lost let get you $2 words
now see his dead cold this morning early
he must have made
way he's definitely like trying to catch
on fire
what even
in he doesn't have anything on him right
lighter she what he did never over here
what man say she's so smart like someone
from the job is trying to see trying be
a whoa
is or not want to him
like he seems pretty calmed down than he
was earlier like earlier he was like and
then now it's like crying and
onig them beat like a man
never know
America D you hurt it
all you get
hurt
hey David do you mind if I if I pet you
down you going buy that
[ __ ] hey David David we got an ambulance
come and check you out all right is it
okay we pass you down make sure you
don't have any weapons never R is that
okay with you partner do you want us to
help you stand up I'm good
I you're going to you're going to stand
up by yourself all right just let me
know if you need any
help all right buddy thanks man you all
right let me help hold you up you're all
right
baby I got hit hard in football let me
get let me get your arm here man just
stand right here for us okay you got
your balance man you got your
balance
pun my God I
will pun
baby you
you don't have anything on you
right the side of
him got I didn't feel anything what r
with the double
he's got something Squishy in his one
pocket but
that's couple couple of coins
in David you good man you want to sit
back down you want to stand up you want
to sit back down bud when they see
the D what's going happen today they
know got a fight let's go ahead and s
you right here sit right here David
David there we go
here we
go what is it f was doing the Pod Tru
back in the day a Frank to
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Mr all right
David oh the day to
you some kind of episode we don't know
if some alcohol on board but uh oh my
God a cut on his eye or
something whoever brought him back kind
of rued him up a little bit I think said
they were dragging him by the hood they
were dragging him by his
hood no
bro
check you out all right Parker oh my God
my
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got wa yeah Court that's my lawyer my
public defender
me his public offender I'm the public
defender who else I would advise you to
talk to this gentleman
birth your
birthday fin check out what can I do to
make your guys day
bright oh man
well we all calling sick
Drinker thank you appreciate you guys
thank you thank you got all thee
sh I've seen you out there cleaning like
crazy [ __ ]
in know we
get the house
very
good see you
guys babe what do you say man we'll give
you a ride everything checks out okay
partner you want to take a ride with
us oh Josh went Closs you want to go
with
us my man we're going to give you a ride
okay Josh wanteded to pain come over
this way baby there's no way don't fall
over you all right what hurt your legs
still hurt B
T
boots those are some nice
boots baby look at this man we'll give
you a we're going to put your you got to
go in this in this door back here okay
come over here
dude
climb a board
man your chariot awaits can you swing
your legs up in there
5 you're good buddy you're
good you get your leg in
there hey David we normally take you to
Grant right where you going now you want
to go to Grand Mark it Los
it come on Isaiah and Josh be better now
we
got hey David do you want to go to Grant
Hospital Coca-Cola you
go he's not saying anything talking
about
Isaiah get through it sometimes hey
David shut up David hey David do you
want to go to Grant Hospital yeah yeah
okay all right we'll get you there good
work I will follow you all over there
just in the event that he go sideway he
was ased up as I've ever seen first
that's what he was when he went he was
throwing stuff he generally pretty
doc see he's generally very agree with
him I've never had to fight him to take
him anywhere I've transported him once
but from the showa his place his dad's
place on the showa he was totally cool
and calm then a lot less animated than
this now me badw had him 3 weeks ago
probably took him he loves bad I think
he's having episode for sure yeah I
don't know we ran him no just to make
sure I checked him this morning I think
he was blind 12 you good brother you
ready to come on out we're going to walk
in man take care of you all right you
going to take your seat belt
off on
dve good man
oh my God he's really not scared of
you hold on
bud all right come
on this
way there we
go
oh my
God this
way let's stay out of their way here we
go back here back here a little bit let
them out David let them
out
see all right that B all right here we
go my God scared hold on 69
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yeah