I did not know about Genovese, so I looked it up.  The psychological implications are... disturbing.  As for being eaten, if I bite my lip I whimper.  No sir, no how, I want nothing to with that.

But the report I read said his tox screening was clean of everything except for traces of marijuana.  No schizophrenic or dissociative disorder medication I know of causes extreme violence in users when mixed with marijuana; I should know, I worked with mental and drug patients for the better part of twelve years.   

I would guess that the attacker was likely never given medication, but the report also stated that he had a girlfriend, and no schizophrenic can maintain a relationship without regular medication, so that rules that out. 

I guess the guy was, to use a technical term, just plain straight fuckin' nuts.  But as bad as this is, the worst part is that apparently a number of commuters drove by and witnessed it going down, as did the security personnel in the buildings whose security camera captured the footage, and no one did a damn thing about it.  I can't even begin to comprehend such indifference.  It's like Kitty Genovese all over again.

Ultimately it was a pair of bicyclers who rode past and saw it who then notified the police.  But Jesus Christ, man.  To have a man chewing at your face for eightteen minutes...  I can't imagine how traumatic that would be, and wouldn't want to.

That's me.  Day late, dollar short.

See what happens when you leave?  The world goes crazy.  And who has to clean up the mess?  The monkeys and Pastafarians, that's who. 

What's the news on this?  If I understand correctly the attacker was shot on sight by responding police, but have they completed a tox screening?

SOULDOOM