Joeseph Parker finally flips out...

[Trauma-san]

This guy, to me, bears striking similarities to someone we all know.  Look how crazy this loon is.

On a serious note, I think this speaks volumes about the pain and trauma... tr.. tr. trauma isolation can cause.  Trauma is a bad, bad thing.  Don't mess with Trauma.

Anyways, here's the story, I found it mighty eye opening, on just what might happen if people  take social isolation too far; the question is, are the demons in their head, or are they placed there by society?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/06/30/supermarket.killings.ap/index.html

Three dead, three wounded in sword attack
Monday, June 30, 2003 Posted: 11:41 AM EDT (1541 GMT)


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IRVINE, California (AP) -- Police shot and killed a sword-wielding man described by relatives as schizophrenic after he slashed and killed two former co-workers and wounded three other people at a supermarket where he used to bag groceries.

About 40 to 50 shoppers ran from the store shortly after 9:30 a.m. Sunday as police went in to subdue Joseph Hunter Parker, who was armed with a samurai-style sword and wearing a beret and trenchcoat, said police Cmdr. Jeff Noble.

The 30-year-old man confronted an officer before fellow officers shot him, said Lt. Jeff Love. Parker was taken to the hospital and did not survive. One of the wounded was an Albertsons employee and two others were customers, police said. Police did not release the names of the dead or wounded.

Parker had been diagnosed as schizophrenic, his mother, Susan Davis, said in an interview Sunday from rural Ford, Virginia. He also was a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician.

"He was not in a good state at all," Davis said, adding she had not spoken to Parker in about a year. "He said voices were telling him to do bad things."

Davis said Parker, who moved to California about five years ago, collected swords and was a fan of the "Highlander" film and television series in which the hero is a swordsman.

"I'm just sorry about what happened," Davis said.

Parker's former co-workers said he quit his job bagging groceries about two weeks ago after working at Albertsons for about two years.

"I never felt threatened, but he was just a really odd man," said coworker Mark Ming, 26. "He would have full conversations with himself. He obviously had problems, but he was respectful toward customers."

Parker's sister, Heather Parker, 28, of Anaheim, said she hasn't spoken to her brother in several months.

"He was alone and he was very mistreated his whole life," she said in a telephone interview. "He was being treated for schizophrenia. He's never been in trouble. He didn't drink, didn't use drugs. He was kind."

Love called the attacks an aberration in the quiet city 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles, which he said averages less than one murder a year. About 143,000 people live here.

[King Tech Quadafi]

I'll spare you a locking, but damn youre reaching now. Get off Infinites nuts.

[OutSider]

damn that is just a sad story...

[Don Seer]

I'll spare you a locking, but damn youre reaching now. Get off Infinites nuts.

sad eh... i dont get the 'similarities' since when did anyone we know have a highlander/sword fetish + mental problems (not assumed.. coz ur no shrink)


IMO.. if he be talkin to himself in public a lot he shouldnt have been 'in the community', we got similar problems over here where they closed mental wards and put wacko's in community housing..

i know coz we had one at the end of our street and they were straight loopy.. all kindsa weird shit went down.. came home from pub one night  to find a tv on the pavement and a big hole in the living room window... another day i walked past and saw one of them dangling through the living room window trying to get in... i called the police and said was a burglar or something suspicious... my mum said one of em said somethign weird to her on the bus one day too.... care in the community my arse... not saying they should be in straight jackets.. but in better care at least. there's all kindsa wackos walkin around this town, they're regulars.. we've got guy in a mac that runs real fast when u tell him, theres a guy that walks around with a lil boombox and headphones.. numerous drunks... this coloured lady that goes into the music shops and dances with the demo headphones on lol...

[TheSheriff]

damn that is just a sad story...

agreed

[Genius]

A girlfriend of mine was actually there and said this guy was screaming and running down aisles just swinging his swords. KRAZZZYYYY shit.... DaSchizophrenic1 is out on the loose....

[Trauma-san]

All I'm saying, is, when I read it, it reminded me of someone.  LOL.  I don't know where my compassion's went.  At one time, I'd feel sorry for this guy, now I just think "good riddance".

[OutSider]

its really not that big of deal when think about.. it happens all the time in california.... it is just a rarity that it was broadcast...