[FilthyJeepGirl]

Originally Posted by Flawwoo ↗

It's sad to see that people are so close minded when it comes to mental illnes. This mother is a victim too!

So true. The stigma and overall societal ignorance perpetrated at those with mental health diseases astounds me. Sadly, I see this within the clinical setting on a daily basis, even with medical peers who are well-educated and *should* know better. This is a tragedy on many levels.

[kellyhound]

Romechia Simms’ ex-boyfriend, James “Donnell” Lee, had been fighting since March to remove their son from Simms’ care because of concerns about the child’s safety.

*****, who reportedly suffers from depression and bipolar disorder, had recently suffered a mental breakdown, and Lee “told the court he was concerned about Simms’s mental stability after episodes of erratic behaviour, including jumping from a moving cab, led to her hospitalization.”

*****, however, claimed she was in a “much better productive space,” and the courts ruled in her favour, granting her primary custody of the child (with his father taking him on weekends).

Her mother, Vontasha, continues to vouch for her daughter, saying that though she struggles with mental illness, ***** would never intentionally hurt her child.

For his part, Simms’ ex-boyfriend Lee agrees, telling he doesn’t believe the young mom should be charged with a crime because of her illness: “I want her to get help. She’s not a bad mother. She’s a great mom. But in this situation, she was unfit.”

What is more than clear is that she simply wasn’t receiving the mental-health care she needed.

Dunno but jumping from a moving cab and getting injured and simply telling the court she was in a much better productive space now and the courts ruled in her favour is more of a fuck up of justice imo.

The entire case just seems more tragic now that we know how hard the child’s father had been working to prevent something like this from happening in the first place.

The mother child bond in most cases is more important when cases go to court than the father child bond.

[facing_reality]

Originally Posted by FilthyJeepGirl ↗

So true. The stigma and overall societal ignorance perpetrated at those with mental health diseases astounds me. Sadly, I see this within the clinical setting on a daily basis, even with medical peers who are well-educated and *should* know better. This is a tragedy on many levels.

That statement, while it may be true, doesn't apply to this case at all. "Depression" and "bipolar disorder" are not excuses for murdering anyone, especially your own child. Patients damn well know the difference between right and wrong. If you're a doctor, or mental health professional in a clinical setting, you already know this.

[Pink.]

Originally Posted by MrCorpse ↗

Yeah, lets all hold hands and have a candle-light vigil for her.

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etter yet....lets just pour an accelerant on her and light HER up like a Roman Candle.


Mental illness or not...The bitch KNEW right from wrong or she would not have even recognised her sons death EVEN AT HIS FUNERAL....If she knew he was dead, she KNEW there was a CAUSE....HERSELF.

:oght that stupid bitch up.

[Pink.]

Everyone seemed to know that this "mother" was batshit howling at the moon crazy so WHY WAS SHE UNSUPERVISED WITH THIS BABY?

[FilRude]

[CrunchyCripple]

Originally Posted by Pink. ↗

Everyone seemed to know that this "mother" was batshit howling at the moon crazy so WHY WAS SHE UNSUPERVISED WITH THIS BABY?

Because she was "better".

Mental illness doesn't usually disappear. It ebbs and flows.

[goober]

She's free, no prison time, but has a list of requirements she has to follow. Hopefully the people monitoring her will do so regularly so she can get the help she needs, although I think a stay in a psychiatric facility would be in her best interest just to make sure she's stable.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...7df_story.html

[nanigodsmum]

Crazy people only have to act crazy and they all get off.

[Reina De Largatos]

The system completely failed in this situation.
After her erratic behavior, she should *not* have had unsupervised visits (let alone custody) of her child. The father knew she was unstable, and pled to the court for sole custody, and was denied. Some states are worse than others when it comes to fathers' rights.
If she had a psychotic break, she was unaware of what she did to her child. After the break, when some stability returned, she understood her actions.
She should *never* have any more children, though.
It reminds me of Andrea Yates. I feel so sorry for Yates: her husband was in a right wing religion that preached total female submission, a woman's sole purpose is breeding, etc. Yates had a long history of schizophrenia, multiple hospitalizations, therapy, medications. She had been released from hospital only days before she killed her kids. Her husband forbid her from taking meds, having therapy, or even seeking child care help from her family. Yates should be in a hospital for the criminally insane; her husband should be serving life in a federal pen, but he was never charged.