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Jessica Ferguson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
243 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Just a public defender. I'm not sold on him, but I don't really know what other choice we have. I mean, obviously he has gone through whatever hoops he needs to go through because he's a private lawyer that I guess, you know, Massachusetts contracts out their public defenders, I guess. So he's gone through whatever hoops he has to go through to have cases of this caliber.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Just a public defender. I'm not sold on him, but I don't really know what other choice we have. I mean, obviously he has gone through whatever hoops he needs to go through because he's a private lawyer that I guess, you know, Massachusetts contracts out their public defenders, I guess. So he's gone through whatever hoops he has to go through to have cases of this caliber.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Just a public defender. I'm not sold on him, but I don't really know what other choice we have. I mean, obviously he has gone through whatever hoops he needs to go through because he's a private lawyer that I guess, you know, Massachusetts contracts out their public defenders, I guess. So he's gone through whatever hoops he has to go through to have cases of this caliber.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So it's not that I don't think that he's not knowledgeable in law. I'm just not convinced he's truly, truly knowledgeable in what mental health means and serious mental illness means. I think that, you know, when we ask him, he's like, well, every homicide case basically involves mental health. And I'm like, okay, sure, you're probably right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So it's not that I don't think that he's not knowledgeable in law. I'm just not convinced he's truly, truly knowledgeable in what mental health means and serious mental illness means. I think that, you know, when we ask him, he's like, well, every homicide case basically involves mental health. And I'm like, okay, sure, you're probably right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So it's not that I don't think that he's not knowledgeable in law. I'm just not convinced he's truly, truly knowledgeable in what mental health means and serious mental illness means. I think that, you know, when we ask him, he's like, well, every homicide case basically involves mental health. And I'm like, okay, sure, you're probably right.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

But I don't get the impression he's going to bat for him like 150%. Like, why is he not fighting to keep him at Bridgewater and raise his hand and explain why? And I think he just doesn't truly get it. He will just, when I bring it up to him, he just regurgitates the law to me. And I was like, you're not understanding me. Like the supports are not there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

But I don't get the impression he's going to bat for him like 150%. Like, why is he not fighting to keep him at Bridgewater and raise his hand and explain why? And I think he just doesn't truly get it. He will just, when I bring it up to him, he just regurgitates the law to me. And I was like, you're not understanding me. Like the supports are not there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

But I don't get the impression he's going to bat for him like 150%. Like, why is he not fighting to keep him at Bridgewater and raise his hand and explain why? And I think he just doesn't truly get it. He will just, when I bring it up to him, he just regurgitates the law to me. And I was like, you're not understanding me. Like the supports are not there.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And he's just like, well, the jail has been deemed acceptable. And I'm like- Okay. I hear you. I hear you. So I've had some conversations with him. I feel like I'm in an odd place. Like I try not to meddle too much and I'm trying to still get my brother's buy-in because I can be part of the conversations with him and the lawyer. I think my brother at this point hasn't wanted me to be.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And he's just like, well, the jail has been deemed acceptable. And I'm like- Okay. I hear you. I hear you. So I've had some conversations with him. I feel like I'm in an odd place. Like I try not to meddle too much and I'm trying to still get my brother's buy-in because I can be part of the conversations with him and the lawyer. I think my brother at this point hasn't wanted me to be.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And he's just like, well, the jail has been deemed acceptable. And I'm like- Okay. I hear you. I hear you. So I've had some conversations with him. I feel like I'm in an odd place. Like I try not to meddle too much and I'm trying to still get my brother's buy-in because I can be part of the conversations with him and the lawyer. I think my brother at this point hasn't wanted me to be.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And I think, don't know if it's because there are things that he doesn't want me to see or hear or whatever. And I'm not saying I need to be part of like the what happened conversations, but like maybe some of the strategy conversations I could be part of, or like, even if he's deemed competent, Can a request be made into the judge for him to remain where he's at while he's awaiting trial?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And I think, don't know if it's because there are things that he doesn't want me to see or hear or whatever. And I'm not saying I need to be part of like the what happened conversations, but like maybe some of the strategy conversations I could be part of, or like, even if he's deemed competent, Can a request be made into the judge for him to remain where he's at while he's awaiting trial?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

And I think, don't know if it's because there are things that he doesn't want me to see or hear or whatever. And I'm not saying I need to be part of like the what happened conversations, but like maybe some of the strategy conversations I could be part of, or like, even if he's deemed competent, Can a request be made into the judge for him to remain where he's at while he's awaiting trial?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I think that I'm more outspoken than my brother, but he also doesn't know anything. I mean, all this happened, he's been thrown in this hole. He doesn't have access to Google. He doesn't know what his options are. He just knows what he knows, which isn't a whole lot because this isn't our world. So I'm still trying to convince him that I at least should be part of those conversations.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I think that I'm more outspoken than my brother, but he also doesn't know anything. I mean, all this happened, he's been thrown in this hole. He doesn't have access to Google. He doesn't know what his options are. He just knows what he knows, which isn't a whole lot because this isn't our world. So I'm still trying to convince him that I at least should be part of those conversations.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I think that I'm more outspoken than my brother, but he also doesn't know anything. I mean, all this happened, he's been thrown in this hole. He doesn't have access to Google. He doesn't know what his options are. He just knows what he knows, which isn't a whole lot because this isn't our world. So I'm still trying to convince him that I at least should be part of those conversations.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

She is to an extent, but I mean, she has a kid and I feel like I just have a little bit more time on my hands to deal with this. And so I think she plays the younger sibling role very well. Like somebody else will take care of that. I'm just so farther down the road than she is. You know, if she wants to know something, she'll ask. Otherwise, she just kind of stays out of it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

She is to an extent, but I mean, she has a kid and I feel like I just have a little bit more time on my hands to deal with this. And so I think she plays the younger sibling role very well. Like somebody else will take care of that. I'm just so farther down the road than she is. You know, if she wants to know something, she'll ask. Otherwise, she just kind of stays out of it.