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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 [Music] 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 [Applause] R hey David David David this is a fresh David can you hear me what's going on [Music] 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 [Music] 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 [Applause] 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 [Applause] 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 [Music] yeah
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