Gary Hardy A Missing Relative

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In the editorial “A Missing Relative and A Tangle of Legal Issues” written by the Virginian-Pilot Editorial Board tell of a local man’s run in with the cops and highlights the breakdown that lead a family through an unnecessary difficult 72-hour ordeal https://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-missing-relative-and-a-tangle-of-legal-issues/article_4242a60c-c9de-5f00-9aa3-2b100f9fc783.html. The thesis “For three days in August, Gary Hardy’s family couldn’t find the 36-year-old Norfolk resident” (Virginian-Pilot Editorial Board, 2017) is brief and found as the first sentence. This piece highlights 2 critical points concerning the fragile relationship between the health care system and law enforcement. First, the editorial touches on a twenty-five-year-old policy about hospitals differing any questions about …show more content…

Secondly, there is a claim that a negative trend is evident when the world of health care meets the institution of law enforcement. This claim, supported by the mention of a similar case, where an inmate with a mental illness found deceased in his cell, could have been avoided if the courts sought for compassionate treatment instead of incarceration. I recently read your editorial titled “A Missing Relative and A Tangle of Legal Issues” and wanted to share my thoughts about it with you. After your curtate thesis statement, the next few sentences prove to be confusing to me, resulting in me having to reread them a few times before continuing. The story that follows is intriguing and certainly grabbed my attention, pulling on my heartstrings with compassion for those who need the help of mental health professionals instead of a

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