Online journalist Photog Steve has been reporting on a man named Tony.

It’s a small example of an issue we need to have an adult conversation about.

Last week, Steve spoke to Tony’s mom, Diane, outside the municipal courthouse in Everett. She had just spoken to a judge after Tony was released from jail again because he wasn’t mentally competent to stand trial. Diane said Tony caused several disturbances that week:

“Tuesday, he went to Glenwood Elementary School. He pressed the button, they let him in. They saw that he wasn’t all there, and they escorted him out with no problem. Then they had a lockdown. Then, about 3:15 in the afternoon, he went back to the school at the door, and they called the police. The police put handcuffs on him, and they let him go. Yesterday, he went to the N

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