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LA LUZ, N.M. (KRQE) - Police have a home in Otero County surrounded Friday night, after the owner refused to obey an eviction order from the Otero County Sheriff's Department. The New Mexico State Police, Las Cruces Police, Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department, Otero County Sheriff's Department and New Mexico Border Patrol are all assisting the SWAT standoff in La Luz, NM. La Luz is a small community just north of the town of Alamogordo. Approximately 11:30 Friday morning, Otero County Deputies showed up to a home on Cottonwood Canyon Road in La Luz to serve an eviction notice. The owner of the home refused to leave and then fired at least one shot at the deputies, shooting out the windshield of police unit. Captain Ledbetter with the Otero County Sheriff's Department tells News 13 that, as of 8:00 p.m. Friday night, the standoff continues with two or three people in the home. At least one person armed. All residents in the area are being asked to stay inside their homes for safety. Ledbetter went on to say that police are in touch with someone inside the home and negotiations continue. Two deputies at the scene suffered minor injuries.Another example of an apparent mental health inpact of the nation's economy; this time from New Mexico.
Eviction notice leads to SWAT situation
January 31, 2009
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The New York Times reported this tragedy, which stemmed from the economic crisis. As with the September 11th attacks and Hurricane Katrina, it has to be questioned what is being done to deal with the mental health impact of the economy.
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Once upon a time, in 2000 to be exact, ABC-TV launched "Wonderland," a dramatic series produced by Peter Berg ("Hancock" and "Friday Night Lights"). The program told the stories of patients and doctors at the fictional New York City mental health facility, Rivervue Psychiatric Hospital, which was based on Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital.
By the time the credits had finished rolling on the first episode, there was an immediate outcry from mental health advocates over what they said were the show's contrived story lines and stereotypical depictions of people with mental illness. The show's critics pointed to one patient shown drooling into a public spring water cooler, another patient who erupted in the emergency room and used a pencil to stab a pregnant doctor in her stomach, and another who wildly shot six people in New York's Times Square before attempting suicide.
A coalition of 15 major national mental health organizations maintained there was nothing redeeming about the program. Bob Carolla of the National Alliance on Mental Illness said at the time, "This series exploits the most narrow view of mental illness and perpetuates relentless images of despair." By the time the second episode aired a week later, ABC announced it was pulling the plug on the series. Producer Berg defended the program saying the cancellation was ''completely irrational," and that ABC executives aborted ''Wonderland'' without warning, even before the show had a chance to find an audience. The cancellation left six episodes on the shelf, never to be seen. Until now.
"Wonderland" show opening (theme music by Madonna).
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