Etika Detained for the 4th Time

People asking my full thoughts on the situation but I am not making a video on what just happened with Etika. There is no point as my sentiments would simply just remain the same so I'll share it here instead. I'll just quickly type whatever comes to my mind.



A video surfaced via Snapchat on May 1st, 2019 showing Etika in the streets of New York City assaulting what appears to be law enforcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iGP4a3GVr4



He was not arrested. He was detained and taken to a hospital.



I'm speechless. A lot of people are attacking Etika and shaming him for his actions. I understand that point of view but... I still don't believe Etika has been in his right mind. And when you're not in your right mind you're not yourself. If you guys watched Keemstar's interview, you can clearly see that something is wrong with him mentally.



I'm so pissed off at the crowd... chanting and hyping the situation up essentially looking at him like he's a clown and all of this is a joke. No one is actually seeing what the situation for what it truly is and that's a mental breakdown. A manic episode from someone who clearly needs assistance. I don't understand how he was able to go in and out of the psyche ward but god I wish would've stayed and thankfully that's where they returned him. My only hope is that Etika's recent breakdowns come into affect in regards to whatever judgment is passed on him and that he is not criminally charged and he gets the help and the rehabilitation that he needs.



It hurts my heart that so many people are going to... tear him apart on the internet. Troll him and hate him and meme him. Like he's not even a human being. Like he's not even a person. So many people are going to ignore the possibility that he's been battling something mentally within himself and just look at the result of him hitting a cop. I assure you, people, that this is not the result a sane person would want. If you watched Etika in the past or meant him in person, you'll know he's wild a dude but he's real, and he's cool, and he cares about people genuinely, he's a good dude. I know firsthand. We all have our dark sides but this is something that has grown into... something that he couldn't control and none of us could understand.



I don't know what more to say at this point. I'm.. I'm sitting here wondering if I could've done more. If... this could have been prevented and if so how? How do you help someone that doesn't want help or refuses to receive it? How do you stop people from enabling his behavior? The saving grace is that he's alive and he's not in jail. Because my worst fear was that Etika could have done something to jeopardize his life. Which he did. But thankfully he didn't lose that, too.



I think the only place to go from here is to take this as a very, VERY strong message that mental health and mental awareness is severely being underlooked. No one would laugh and Snapchat a man who's physically on fire but if it's the brain that's melting... we stand by and point and laugh. I know not all of us are like that but as you can see from the video there's enough of us out there doing so. Maybe they didn't know the situation. And to be honest, they couldn't do anything if they wanted. Maybe they were worried about Etika lashing back if they tried to stop him. I'm not trying to blame anyone I just... I'm frustrated and I need you guys to understand that this kind of thing happens to so many people everywhere. And it's important that if you see it you take it seriously... that person's LIFE is at stake.



Unless something miraculous happens, my guess is that this is the last action that you'll see from Desmond in a while. Learn from this. Please. If anything comes out of this terrible situation, please learn... and understand... what happened and why it happened and how it happened... I hope one day Etika returns healthy and able to speak about his experience so that he can share just exactly what happened to him. It's OK to get therapy and get help if you feel that you're battling demons in your head. There's nothing to be ashamed of.



To Etika fans, I'm sorry that you've had to sit through all of this. To his friends and family, I'm so sorry that you had to see Desmond spiral to this point. Please take care of yourselves guys and don't overdo it.



Please... learn from this.

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