I'm perplexed by the posters who say leave it to the professionals--- CPS, AHS, etc.. Once someone with mental health issues is running through through your neighborhood threatening someone with a knife, its not time to just sit back and assume everyone involved is doing their jobs. Its time to make an issue of it. Even if there weren't mental health issues, its time to start asking why this person is free. Who made this decision and on what grounds?
The officials involved may have neglected this case, it could be misdiagnosed, it could be mishandled, possibly understaffed, and that this incident happened at all suggests something is not right.
Were this to have happened on my street I'd be all over every official involved, to make sure this is addressed and handled properly, whatever that may lead to. Maybe the person stays, maybe not, but given the violent outburst there is serious cause for concern.
I have no idea if this person should be allowed to still live where they do, but I'd make damn sure to raise enough noise that I know this isn't falling through the cracks, and I'd create a trail of accountability in case something really bad happens.
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