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From coast to coast, attacks by emotionally disturbed individuals are on the rise, leaving communities shaken. BY MATTHEW LYSIAK


n april 5, jacob couch, a 32-year-old native of Alabama, was brutally attacked at a bus stop in


Tucson, Arizona. The assailant, 25-year-old Dan-


iel Michael, allegedly nearly decapi- tated Couch with a hatchet in an unprovoked assault that occurred in broad daylight. Couch, who was traveling with his


wife, Kristen, to mourn the loss of their stillborn son, clung to life on a ventilator before succumbing to his injuries 12 days later. “My brother was a good person, and he did not deserve this,” Couch’s


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pedestrians have become an almost daily occurrence in many big cities. In April, an “emotionally disturbed


brother Luke told reporters. The suspect, held on a $1 million


bond, faces felony assault charges. From Chicago to Los Angeles to


New York City, reports of attacks by emotionally disturbed individuals are on the rise, leaving communities shak- en and policymakers scrambling. “It used to be a lot of irritants, screaming and minor vandalism, stuff like that, but recently we’ve seen a spike in violent behavior,” a law enforcement source in New York’s 69th Precinct in Brooklyn told News- max. “It has gotten to this point where many New Yorkers feel held hostage.” A review of media headlines reveals that violent, unprovoked attacks on


person” in possession of a weapon was seen screaming at random people on a Brooklyn sidewalk and threaten- ing a mother who was pushing her young child. According to the source, the man


was detained but released two days later, at which point he was spotted on the same street, pacing back and forth in another violent rage. The number of individuals expe-


riencing some form of mental illness is staggering. The 2022 data — the most recent


available — from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that 59.3 mil- lion adults experienced mental ill- ness, with two-thirds receiving some


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