The United States Secret Service. Seriously, I worked in the ER a while back and they brought a kid in for suicide watch. Turns out the kid was in the act of hanging a Rand Paul banner from the top of a building during a Bush rally. Because he was on a building they justified involuntary committment to the psych ward for so-called "suicide watch." Nothing wrong with the kid, but the law doesn't technically require that, only that they claim he might hurt himself or others. The USSS got an attending physician to sign off on it. The hospital held the kid for 24 hours and sent him home, when he promised not to hurt himself or others.
Should have sued, easy win, if their story was true.
Hahahahaha
Nope. Nothing easy about any of that and be nearly impossible to win in court.
Prove Damage (pretty hard considering the person was released)
Prove USSS officer wrong that kid was guaranteed to not hurt himself or others while on a roof.
Prove attending physician wrong. (The laws protect both USSS and physicians regarding observation of potential self-harm patients.)
Prove conspiracy existed between USSS Agent and Attending Physician (nearly impossible because no money nor benefits materialized as a consequence of their short interaction.)
That's quite easy, a different doctor questioning the diagnosis is all you would need.
Still, any truly freedom loving person would want this struck down, again, THINK, you want your enemies to have this power?
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