Warrant issued for Duluth man who posted 'Turtleboy' threats - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota

This incident had little to directly to do with #USGunInsanity except for the fact that GOPers "solutions" lame-assed alibis always "address" better mental health screening. Of course they provide no means of doing this WRT guns OR ANYTHING ELSE, and as this incident clearly illustrates (a) governments are not good at this for any level of threat, and (b) there are insufficient resources to address the issue, in any event.

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State law requires that the Minnesota Department of Health transfer civilly committed inmates from jail to a state-run facility within 48 hours, but the system is severely over capacity and its wait-list extends for months, forcing local officials to hold mentally ill defendants in jail or seek local alternatives.
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Billings had a documented history of mental illness prior to his April arrest, twice in recent years having been placed under civil commitments. The most recent order had expired in September 2020.

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/warrant-issued-for-duluth-man-who-posted-turtleboy-threats

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