r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/Cabanarama_ 1d ago

I love to shit on america as much as the next american but nobody is getting arrested for being suicidal, thats fucking stupid

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u/NecroSoulMirror-89 1d ago

We shoot them here

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u/United-Trainer7931 15h ago

You can find plenty of videos of shit exactly like this happening in America

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u/NecroSoulMirror-89 13h ago

This is Reddit let me enjoy my karma 😤

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u/Semi-Disposable 1d ago

You should get out more. You want to look up what a 5150 is. And police will "take you into custody" and you will be held until released, then charged with resisting arrest. If you don't just get shot that is.

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u/MaritMonkey 22h ago edited 22h ago

will be held until released, then charged with resisting arrest. If you don't just get shot that is.

I worked night security in college and "Baker Acted" probably a dozen people over the years. None of them were shot and only one was possibly held the full 72 hours (he probably wasn't, but he dropped out of school). Most were seen and released within the first day (generally the next morning).

There were some minor vandalism charges involved due to the situations that led to me calling the police in the first place, but none of them involved jail time and "resisting arrest" is a completely separate charge.

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u/chaseoes 1d ago

Yes they are, they just call it a 72 hour psychiatric hold here instead. Regardless if it's called an 'arrest' or not, you're locked up for days against your will and not allowed to leave. It's essentially the same as being convicted of a crime and being sentenced to jail for 3 days.

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u/warmceramic 21h ago

Except they also charge you a lot of $$$ for it.

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u/Western-Bus-1305 20h ago

They’re not being prosecuted though. That’s a fairly reasonable measure to protect them from themself. I mean, why would you let them go free immediately after trying to kill themselves?

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u/chaseoes 14h ago

I feel it's more reasonable to provide them with mental health treatment than locking them in a jail cell.

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u/Western-Bus-1305 12h ago

They’re usually sent to an institution afterwards. They police just hold them until they can be sent somewhere

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u/MaritMonkey 22h ago

It's essentially the same as being convicted of a crime and being sentenced to jail for 3 days.

Except for the fact that it isn't a crime, which is at least a little bit relevant as far as your grown-up "permanent record" goes.

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u/United-Trainer7931 15h ago

What, do you think they should just immediately release suicidal people?

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u/supreme-manlet 1d ago

People can, and do, get involuntarily committed here when they are expressing intense suicidal ideation or intent to harm themselves lol

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u/Cabanarama_ 1d ago

Yea that’s not the same as being arrested and imprisoned and charged with a crime