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Man Dies After Cops Taser Him In His Apartment: Gothamist

Man Dies After Cops Taser Him In His Apartment: Gothamist.

A Bronx man died yesterday morning after NYPD officers say they encountered him brandishing a pair of scissors inside of his apartment and proceeded to Taser him.

Officers responded to a call regarding an “emotionally disturbed person” (EDP) at 2263 Loring Place in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx around 8:15 a.m., according to the NYPD. Inside Apartment 15, police say they found a 51-year-old man, identified by the NY Times as one Mario Ocasio, “armed” with a pair of scissors.

Creative people are more likely to suffer from mental illness, study claims

Painters, musicians, writers and dancers are 25 per cent more likely to carry the gene variants than their non-creative peers, new research suggestsmf.gif

Oops… ya think it might be that others simply do not understand them and think they are odd? Being misunderstood and put down, can be a downer.

via Creative people are more likely to suffer from mental illness, study claims.