The man accused of running his car into the Oklahoma Capitol’s Ten Commandments monument back in 2014 has done it again in Arkansas.
The man accused of running his car into the Oklahoma Capitol’s Ten Commandments monument back in 2014 has done it again in Arkansas.
Thirty two-year-old Michael Reed was arrested this morning after driving into the ten commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol building in Little Rock and streaming it on Facebook live.
Reed is heard yelling “freedom” just before crashing into the monument.
After hitting the monument here in Oklahoma City three years ago, it was fixed and moved just down the street to the private property of the Ok. Council of Public Affairs at NE 13th and Lincoln.
Court records from 2014 show Reed was found to be “a threat to himself and others and mentally ill.”
Reed was never criminally charged in Oklahoma.
“We shouldn’ t criminalize mental illness, ” says mental health advocate Cathy Costello.
In 2015, Costello lost her husband at the hands of her mentally ill son and successfully pushed lawmakers for better out-patient care for the mentally ill.
Now it’s easier for patients to receive therapy and medication for a full year after they are released from a facility.
“That could have helped Michael, ” says Costello, who tries to help others deal with mental illness through her website cathycostelloforhope.com .
