I had planned to write today about my trip out of the snow-bound Washington D.C. area to Los Angeles where I toured Skid Row and the Twin Towers, which is the nickname for the city jail. As many of you know, the jail is the largest public mental institution in the U.S.
However, I decided to wait until Monday to post that account because of the police shooting here in Fairfax, Va. that put Ian Smith, a person with mental illness, into the hospital in critical condition.
