That question is repeatedly asked why the mentally ill freely roam the streets in American's major cities.  What happened that allowed mentally ill people, all too many with killer instincts, to roam the streets?

The mentally ill hold the U.S. population as victims.  For years mental hospitals confined the mentally ill to state run institutions.  While it was true that there were all too many instances of relatives committing some family members to avoid taking care of them when they were probably not insane, some of today's experts make the absurd claim that these were not isolated instances but the general rule.

Take the sweeping statement of a Washington State Mental Health Director that appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 26: