Of course, you and I were there together. We didn't know each other the time, but now we do.

He....he isn't dead...

Yes! I couldn't remember why but that 100% was it. Thank you

I'm aware. Again, hallucinating. Maybe, just maybe, I'm kind of spitballing here - what if you had someone who is trained in mental health crises advising the cops on what do do and react in these situations? Instead of just "shoot center mass". I wonder what kind of outcomes we'd have.

Najee called the police himself and told them he wanted to have a shootout with them when they arrived.

I find it hard driving Paramus area, roads are packed and tight with some weird intersections near IKEA

Guessing 1995. Planet Hollywood opening.

Nobody else was in danger. He was in his apartment, he locked himself in a bathroom, he was hallucinating. This entire episode was escalated by police.

Legend. Met him when he was playing with his band in Atlantic City many many moons ago - rest easy.

Some places are hilly. Some places are flat. Some places are populated. Some places are not. It's kind of a worldwide phenomenon. Maybe even universal.

That long southern stretch of turnpike that’s just miles of straightness is a nightmare to drive when tired

Having a mental health crisis does not absolve you of the responsibility to not be a danger to other people.

Ah, you're right, only the person having the 'mental health crisis' should be the one that is armed.

no, they weren't. please name the 5 people murdered that day

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Does your utility not have net metering?

I served him and his old girlfriend soup, salad and desert back around '81. He'd be jogging down the street or at the DQ. He was all over Monmouth county.

He works out at a lot of the cheaper gyms along the jersey shore. Just do a google image search and you will see him…working out in jeans.

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There’s never a good reason to send an armed person to one of these situations. So so sad

> Sending social workers into a situation where a man armed with a knife is threatening to harm himself and others is not viable.

It's not just a social worker. It's a social worker trained in these kind of situations and knows the risks. It's not some random LCSW from your kid's school.

The idea is that the social worker runs lead with the cops backup. Because these types of programs have been working.

Patrick Chin in Hillsborough was killed after a 2.5 minute interaction. He was in crisis, alone in his house. There was no threat to the general public and the cops escalated the situation and ended up killing him.

Nah, people like him deserve to be ridiculed. Along with his parents who raised him to be that way.

I've met several members of E Street but never Bruce. Even when I was driving Uber on the shore, I got a little giddy if I had to pick up a Bruce or a Patti. But alas, was never them.

That might be it, it was super muddy in that spot

I give up, what's the answer?