Reply #23: It's not moral to force medication on anyone..

[William Bloode]

period. I don't care what the consequence. People should have the right to refuse drugs of any type. There are many reasons for this, one may be religious convictions, also lack of funds is another one, or how about the dangerous precident it sets? If they can force you to meds for any so called moral reason it's not a far stretch to make you take medication for an immoral reason.

And the point about her being black and poor does have a lot to do with this. Do you honestly think they would have tried it with a more wealthy person? Yes, the facts are we don't know the situation, she could have been in and out doing errands, any number of things.

Her being poor has much to do with this. A more wealthy person would be known to have the money and the postion to defend themselves from such a police action, and hence such charges most likely would not even be considered.