don't taze me bro

a little over a week ago this incidence occured...
a gentleman, who happens to be severly mentally ill, came into nativity house. this was not the first time i had seen this man, and considering we provide services to many mentally ill individuals, i didn't pay him too much notice. he first caught me attention when he and another man, jerry, were arguing over a bathroom. we have 4 individual bathroom stalls, so waiting for the bathroom is very common, and arguments over the bathroom are just as common. from what i gathered, the first gentleman had cut in from of jerry, who was waiting for the bathroom. the 2 started arguing, the first man getting very agitated, when jerry backed down. when i asked him later what had happened, jerry said he could see how mentally ill the man was, so he let the situtaion alone. during this time, we (staff and guests) could hear him yelling and screaming from inside the bathroom. when he emerged, he continued yelling and screaming, causing a huge scene, yelling obsenities and threats. it took 4 or 5 staff members about 10 or so minutes to escort him out of the building. several hours later, the gentleman came back. our security guard approached him and told him he needed to leave. he started yelling and screaming again, so the decision was made to call the police. the police officer arrived after about 5 minutes. he walked over to the gentleman. as soon as he saw the police officer, he started freaking out, yelling and screaming. the police moved toward him to get him out of the building and the man threw a table at the police. the officer reached for his taser and just as he was about to shoot, the man threw a chair and his head. the taser wired got all tangled up in the chair legs and as a result, another one of our guests (who just so happend to be sitting calmly, watching a chess game) got tased instead. long story short, the mentally ill man got arrested and the guest who got tased, has a lawsuit pending.

on a better note: i got an apartment, yay!