SheWantTheD
Veteran
Korryn Gaines, the woman who was killed in her home after a 6 hour stand off with the police was in fact mentally ill. I have friends and family who are mentally ill and she showed many signs.
Paranoia, Delusions, agitation, unjustified fear, etc. During that traffic stop that cop was being very fair, patient, and considering of her and her child. She kept asking him for his identification and for him to identify herself when he already did multiple times. She also felt as if she was above the law and that the laws didn't apply to her.. now I don't know if that was some type of bs she read online or part of her mental illness.
She thought the police was going to kidnap her children if they arrested her. She was even placing fear and paranoia into her 5 year old son who didn't understand why she was doing what she was doing.
Why didn't anyone seek help for her? Why is mental illness such a taboo within the black community? I haven't read her facebook posts as facebook deleted the most recent ones, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were filled with paranoia and fear about the police and government being out for her when she was just ordered to show up to court for driving without a license plate and whatever else.
Paranoia, Delusions, agitation, unjustified fear, etc. During that traffic stop that cop was being very fair, patient, and considering of her and her child. She kept asking him for his identification and for him to identify herself when he already did multiple times. She also felt as if she was above the law and that the laws didn't apply to her.. now I don't know if that was some type of bs she read online or part of her mental illness.
She thought the police was going to kidnap her children if they arrested her. She was even placing fear and paranoia into her 5 year old son who didn't understand why she was doing what she was doing.
Why didn't anyone seek help for her? Why is mental illness such a taboo within the black community? I haven't read her facebook posts as facebook deleted the most recent ones, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were filled with paranoia and fear about the police and government being out for her when she was just ordered to show up to court for driving without a license plate and whatever else.