Mental illness doesn’t discriminate between “safe areas” and expected “crime areas”. Unfortunately it’s a growing problem affecting all areas. A lot of these ill persons are from middle class persons who have fallen into homelessness due to lack of resources and services
I’m thinking I ought to have said that I haven’t experienced this kind of violence in LA in general but I don’t know many areas in LA. I just hadn’t heard of this in So Pas. I agree mental illness doesn’t discriminate and it’s a very intense problem that society just doesn’t prioritize or know how to meet. Some of my family members suffer from mental illness and so this is a topic VERY close to home for me.
