...sorry, it's been so long. Hopefully this makes up for it.
Keison Wilkins, a 33 year old man on trial for various charges including felonious assault, felon in possession of a weapon and firing a gun into a habitation was sentenced to 42 years in jail. But not without a week of crackpot drama, including the video above where Wilkins faked a heart attack to stall the proceedings.
For more than an hour, a woman lay on the floor in a hospital emergency room dying. She had been in the waiting area for more than 24 hours after she had been forcibly admitted to the psychiatric ward. Patients (psych unit patients mind you) sat just a few feet away, but seemed to not notice. Six staff members have been fired. Of course the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation promises a thorough investigation. (Read full story on CNN.com)
We live in such a sad time. No regard for human life, but if that had been a dog, every person in the waiting room and every staff member on that floor would have been fired and arrested for cruelty to animals.
The end is near.
