guy in powderhouse

[jd-science.livejournal.com]

does anyone know anything about the guy who hangs out in powderhouse circle, talking to passersby and yelling a lot? i think his name might be mike. i can rarely understand him - sometimes he's aggressive and nice, sometimes he's aggressive and scary. he seems fairly harmless, but i wonder where he sleeps and how he eats, and generally what his story is.

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[tt02144.livejournal.com]

I think it's very sad that people like this aren't getting the help they obviously need. There is almost certainly some form of mental illness involved, perhaps drug use also. Dukakis' program of 'de-institutionalizing' people in state hospitals has created situations like this one. He should probably be hospitalized, but because of our government policies he's left dangling in a 'halfway house' with little or no supervision over his behavior, medications, etc. It's very sad because he could possibly function better with more help.