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Rep. Green: We can prevent tragedies

Here’s some media coverage of Rep. Tami Green’s legislation (House Bill 1777), which would reform how the state handles people who may be a danger to themselves or others.

Q13 TV ran this story:

Q13 TV news story on legislation by Rep. Tami Green (D-Lakewood) to do a better job of handling people who may be a danger to themselves or others.
Click on the photo to see the Q13 TV news story about legislation by Rep. Tami Green (D-Lakewood) to reform how Washington state handles people who may be a danger to themselves or others.

The story said, in part:

Green, a mental health nurse, added,  “Every day when I work, I see someone who didn’t get the help they need until it was too late. If we catch it early, then we don’t have, you know, the naked guy running down the street with a gun.”

After last year’s deadly rampage at Seattle’s Café Racer, which left five people dead in the area, the gunman’s father talked about seeing dangerous signs in his son.  “We heard things, like the Army is out to get my memory,” Walter Stawicki said of his son, Ian.  “He foamed at the mouth; he had these rants.”

Green said those stories are often the case after shootings.

“So many times you hear families saying: ‘We tried to get help, we couldn’t get help, we knew this was coming,’ but they didn’t meet the law; they didn’t meet the law for being held against their will,” Green said.

Click here to see the full story on Q13.

Rep. Tami Green in her office being interviewed by KIRO about mental health reforms and House Bill 1777.
Rep. Tami Green in her office being interviewed by KIRO about mental health reforms and House Bill 1777.

Green also was interviewed about this legislation by the Ross and Burbank show on KIRO FM News.

Click here to listen to the interview on KIRO.