Once upon a time, we had mental hospitals. Actual places where dangerous, deeply disturbed people were kept from destroying themselves and the public. But then came Big Pharma, strutting in with miracle pills and empty promises. They assured us these people could function just fine in society as long as they took their meds. News flash, they don’t. So now we’ve got a full-blown mental health disaster on our hands. We turned these institutions into parking lots and set loose unstable souls who can’t or won’t medicate. And what do we get in return? Chaos. Despair. Bloodshed. Turns out it’s a hell of a lot more expensive to clean up the wreckage than it is to keep people safely housed in a secure facility. Among these folks are the truly lost, the ones who are done living but can’t bring themselves to end it. So what’s their plan B? Get the police to do it for them. It’s called suicide by cop. They create a crisis, provoke a lethal response, and force officers into a nightmare scenario ...