If he didn't take the medication - that was his business. Thanks to your health system (which I am told leaves leaves about a third of the population without health cover) - I imagine not everybody can afford medication. So you're seeing what the disease is like in its pure form. That is what happens to poor people.

Stealing cookies my arse! this is not a misdemeanor we're talking about. This is someone acting like piece of shit, and he should have his bum kicked from New York to San Francisco for it.