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

[u/bendubberley_]

[u/love6471]

Putting someone in a psychiatric ward is not criminalizing suicide. It's a precaution to save lives. What do you think he would do if they just immediately released him? I've been committed by the police. Sucks and feels like a punishment at the time, but it saved my life and was 1000x better than a jail cell.

[u/kilerzone1213 → u/love6471]

Why shouldn't his life be his own choice though? Like I totally commend saving him to give him a chance to reconsider, but if he chooses to try again, why stop him?

Edit: I didn't stop to think about the fact that he's doing it in public, that could definitely be a reason to stop him

[u/EstablishmentOk7859 → u/kilerzone1213]

humanity homie, the little bit that we got left.

[u/kilerzone1213 → u/EstablishmentOk7859]

Nothing inhumane about letting people have agency over when their own lives end. Again, I commend saving him, cause these decisions are often made rashly and in haste after a particularly bad day/event. But after his chance to reconsider, why should the government have the authority to say, no you can't die right now?

[u/EstablishmentOk7859 → u/kilerzone1213]

because me personally, i don’t wanna be going on about my day and see someone blow their brains out, or jump off a bridge to their death.

maybe their should be other alternatives, instead of making a public display.

[u/kilerzone1213 → u/EstablishmentOk7859]

Yeah, which is the argument I made against it in my edit in the first comment. He should be allowed to do it privately though, if he still wants to.

[u/supreme-manlet → u/kilerzone1213]

No body is stopping him from doing so

[u/kilerzone1213 → u/supreme-manlet]

Locking him up in the psych ward is doing that

[u/supreme-manlet → u/kilerzone1213]

Because he chose to do it publicly

He could’ve done it in him home