New York Times | Opinion – How to Halt the Violence

Original Pub: New York Times
Publish Date: August 28, 2015
Authors: Jeffrey A. Lieberman

When Vester Lee Flanagan II fatally shot a television reporter and a cameraman in the midst of a live interview in Moneta, Va., it was a scene that has become all too familiar to us.

In all these scenarios, we learn after the fact that the perpetrator has had a troubled past in which he exhibited bizarre and disruptive behavior, and frequently a history of diagnosed but untreated mental illness. The media and public erupt in outrage, but after the chest thumping and soul searching, nothing is ever done.

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