Extremely well done @jagged.

Before your article all I knew of the situation was the coverage philip defranco gave the story. Coverage which was not very sympathetic to her, with which I strongly agreed because nobody should have to be in fear of gun violence at their job.

I, too, have far too much experience with mental illness. You put a very human face on a victim of a corporate oppression. I can't condone what she did but I can have a great deal more sympathy for her.

There is a lot wrong with our world and youtube's problems running their shop in a fair way may get much worse before it gets any better. defranco is a harsh critic of the way youtube treats creators and I wonder if he is aware of her situation.

And you've done a good job of illustrating how poorly we can control or influence corporate malfeasance, misfeasance, or incompetence. I know my brother has thought so for a long time, while I've focused on simply trying to take care of me and mine.

In her tragedy there is also an aspect of law enforcement incompetence and I say that mostly because of the self serving denials of the police who actually stopped her and then let her go. The police had been alerted by her family and then excused themselves and blamed the family for not being clear enough that she was headed for a tragedy. I put myself in the position of the father or brother who worried about her and tried to get help from law enforcement. I'm calling the police on my sister or daughter whom I love. How do I tell them to stop her without putting them in motion to shoot her? That dilema is one I don't have the brainpower to solve, but I've got more than enough brainpower to detect that there is something sick at the core in police agency that blamed the family when the real point of failure was inadequate training in acting on the requests the family was making to stop her.

Sick police agencies
Sick corporations

The only answer I have is to put my faith in people and put very little trust in any organization.

Thanks for sharing your insights so well.

Regards,
Rick