Being an angry drunk doesn’t excuse beating your family; they still have legal culpability for those actions, where hyper/hypoglycemia usually isn’t by choice; and therefore gets the “I didn’t know what I was doing” defense.
My friend was literally not able to make rational choices or control himself until they dosed him with insulin. Took 3 cops and 2 beefcake firefighters to subdue him. It’s hard and funny to imagine. Man I miss him.
Alcoholism and drug addiction can also be described as medical matters.
Can be. Should be.
Usually isn’t in a law enforcement context.
Being an angry drunk doesn’t excuse beating your family; they still have legal culpability for those actions, where hyper/hypoglycemia usually isn’t by choice; and therefore gets the “I didn’t know what I was doing” defense.
My friend was literally not able to make rational choices or control himself until they dosed him with insulin. Took 3 cops and 2 beefcake firefighters to subdue him. It’s hard and funny to imagine. Man I miss him.
Usually? Maybe not. In the Secret Service though…
https://theweek.com/articles/448684/secret-service-drinking-problem
That’s from 2015, but I doubt it’s improved much.
oh, absolutely. they’re all raging alcoholics.
I just get the feeling that’s not what happened here.