In a story that once again makes
us wonder at the efficacy of the Regan-era policy of shutting down the mental
asylums and setting the mentally ill on the streets, an Oklahoma City man
totally lost his sh*t. Jeremy Janall Anderson, 22, is being held at the Oklahoma
County jail after a “violent episode” at his apartment complex. Officers were called for a “person going ballistic.” That’s a pretty accurate description.
Portrait of a man who completely lost his shi*t |
Officers
said the caller mentioned a man whose face was bloody had kicked a heavy
apartment door off its hinges, poured salt and soap all over himself and was
breaking glass and other objects.
When
officers got to the apartment, they said they found Anderson, whose face and
hands were covered in blood, screaming random things on the front porch.
Officers tried to calm Anderson
down, but he threw glass objects and furniture at them through the
windows. They then tazed him, but he
ripped the electrodes off and said he’d fist-fight them.
Authorities
used a sledge hammer to get into the house and found the walls and floor were
covered in blood, bleach and other “substances.”
A
small fire was burning near the stove which quickly filled the house with
smoke.
Officers
said they were finally able to subdue Anderson with tazers during a
smoke-blinded scuffle inside the apartment; he was immediately taken to the
hospital.
At the hospital, Anderson was
finally chill and said that he was just remodeling the house, then admitted that
he knew he needed to be on medication.
It
gets more bizarre: The police report
states Anderson said he started the fire in his apartment because he was
“cooking the Bible” because he was a “Satanist.”
Anderson
told officers he met a “possessed homosexual demon” who wanted drugs from him
and performed sexual acts on him.
He
said he “wasn’t gay, just high” and when he came to his senses, he couldn’t
believe he let the male demon touch him.
Officers
said Anderson said if he would have had a gun, he would have shot and killed
his neighbors and then shot and killed officers when they arrived.
Thankfully, he didn’t have a
gun. And thankfully he’ll probably get
some medication in jail. Let’s think
again about those policies about closing down the asylums and how easy it is
for the mentally ill to get a gun.
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