My problem is that no action was taken to prevent a similar situation in the future. If the man is mentally ill or has dementia he is a danger to himself as well as other life forms around him. It is one thing to have dementia and do strange things now and then and another thing to walk all the way to the train tracks to tie a dog to them in order to not have to deal with it anymore. The fact that he gave a reason for what he did shows he did have some rational thought processes.
My grandmother had dementia. It is a cruel disease and an awful way to lose a much loved family member. However, we had to take precautions in order to keep her from hurting herself. I guess we were very blessed in that she never tried to hurt anyone or anything during her illness although we did have to prevent her from leaving home and getting lost or injured.
To just ignore what this man did because he may have a mental problem is inviting further trouble for himself or someone else. I think we all have seen the problems this country has with not properly dealing with mental illness. It is ignored and sadly too many times either the sick one is injured or the patient injures someone else. |