She is the CEO/Founder of Practical Education Network, […] October 27, 2017 November 27, 2018 They know about the Greyhound bus situation, but my mother and father do not. . I am embarrassed. With Li’s written permission, Summerville released the “formal” portion of the 45-minute interview because, the Winnipeg-based mental-health executive said, he feels “Mr. A. A. My wife and I immigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, in June 2001. But I could not find a job in Canada. Li himself, in an interview with a representative of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada about the incident that has brought him infamy, said that while he was glad he was still alive, he still felt the RCMP should have killed him that night on the Greyhound bus – a night etched into his mind. That i … The only thing that can be taken from this is that he was well-coached for his answers. The interview was held in the foyer of Selkirk’s forensics unit. Li states "I don't think I will do it again," which means he COULD do it again. I am sorry for the pain I have caused. I have an older brother who is a businessman and a younger sister who is a secretary. © 2021 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. Co-creator Peter Gould shares his excitement about Vince Gilligan returning to the writers room and the disappointment at stars Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn missing out on noms. Yes. That's one of the reasons we don't have victims or victims' families determining punishment. I didn’t know at that time I had schizophrenia. What do you think of Tim’s Law, that any mentally insane person who kills someone would never be released? That there would be no voices. INTERVIEW WITH A KILLER: VINCE LI SPEAKS. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. I don’t believe in aliens. We are, hopefully, a society that sees beyond a knee-jerk response. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. A. I don’t think so, that that should happen. In 2004. Be part of the solution instead of making a blanket generalization that you do not know to be factual. In 1992, Li graduated from University of Wuhan Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in … Q&A with Greyhound bus beheader Vince Li | National Post But I am thankful that the RCMP didn’t. 285 Views 1. The voices in his head are still there and are only hidden by the medication. A. If Vince Li had a heart attack he would have been treated — but Canada's broken mental-health system did not — and this is the reason we are even having this conversation! Recovery is possible. I am not sure of all the places I went to. What are you learning? A. I don’t read the papers because I don’t want to be reminded of what happened on the Greyhound bus because it was so bad and wrong. While Li's awareness of his crime is encouraging, it's important to never forget Tim McLean. I take my medication, Olanzapine, every day. Vince Brancaccio, M.S.S.A., LI.S.W-S Vince Brancaccio became Chief Executive Officer of Help Hotline, Inc. in 2014 and oversaw the change of the agency’s name to Help Network of Northeast Ohio two years later. But I would still be in touch with my doctor. I am not at risk for anybody. Up to 25 per cent of people who will have a psychotic break with reality will never experience another psychotic episode. I bought it for any emergency for the journey to protect myself from the aliens. Everyone stared, and tittered with relief when he walked on. View Homework Help - Vince Li interview from HSCI 214 at Simon Fraser University. They are the voices of other Manitobans and Canadians. Vince Li is not the first person with mental illness to have committed a serious crime and he won't be the last. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. I can never forget the Greyhound bus. I am glad to take it. It was wrong. A. I hope to leave one day, but I have to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. I feel tired a lot and I have gained some weight. Chris Summerville, CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, provided the Free Press with the text of an interview he conducted with bus beheader Vince Li. I believed he was an alien. WINNIPEG —Vince Li says he understands why people are still afraid of him. Vince Li was found not criminally responsible due to mental illness for the death of Tim McLean. I would ask forgiveness, but I know it would be hard to accept.”. At the very least he should serve a life sentence in a mental institution. He should remain locked away forever. I feel nervous. Q. “There are no easy answers to the many-faceted questions that bombard both families and the media,” Summerville said. In an interview, Li spoke for the first time, saying that he began hearing "the voice of God " in 2004 and that he wanted to save the people from an alien attack. The Schizophrenia Society of Canada released an interview with Vince Li on Tuesday, saying Li's story needs to be told to "add a human touch to a horrible tragedy." If Vince Li could have been treated by a mental-health system, then none of this would have happened. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. To submit a letter: Hearing voices, stopping my medication and starting to believe in aliens. I thought I heard the voice of God telling me to write down my journey. Balderdash. Q. While Tim McLean's death was horrific and the grief of his family completely natural, a mental illness is as much an illness as cancer or heart disease and I cannot find it in myself to lay blame. It is hearing voices or having delusions. Q. Q. That I was like the second coming of Jesus. I … People living with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violence rather than being perpetrators of violence. I sinned. An eyewitness describes the attack and beheading of a Greyhound bus passenger near Winnepeg, Manitoba. Li spoke those words last weekend when, for the first time in the nearly four years since he made international headlines for the horrifying psychosis-induced beheading of fellow Greyhound passenger Tim McLean, Li granted a full-length interview for release to the media. Chris Summerville, CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, provided the Free Press with the text of an interview he conducted with bus beheader Vince Li… No. 27, 2012. What would you say to Ms. de Delley and Tim McLean’s family? What else do you remember about the incident? Li’s story needs to be told.”, “What we have here,” Summerville added in an email that accompanied the interview, “are two victims and two families who are victims of untreated, uncontrolled psychosis.”. Helping him with reality by instructing him in fantasy makes no sense to me. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS When released, Vince Li will probably be the most monitored schizophrenic in Canada. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. I would change my name to be anonymous. • mail Letters to the Editor, 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2X 3B6. A selection of letters to the editor are published daily. Except, the voices I hear are not in my head. I now know that it was schizophrenia I was suffering from. Bus 1170 Vince Li Greyhound Heterodyne-Murder-case 2008 brainchip assassination by zombie. I understand that this interview or parts of it about me may be published in the printed press or used in radio and television media. Read more about cookies here. As we ended the interview, I could see the moisture in Mr. Li’s eyes. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. Our mental-health system is not broken. What is broken is the proliferation of 'illnesses,' which is due to the effort of the psychology and pharmaceutical industries to boost their bottom lines. A. I believe in Jesus Christ. In fact, any perpetrator of any crime would be harmless if sufficiently medicated. A. I should be here. My heart goes out to Mr. Li and to Mr. McLean's family and friends; here there is only sorrow. ... to conduct a 45-minute interview with Li last weekend with … It is treatable. Summerville and Li separately had to go through two sets of locked doors to meet in the foyer. Q. In an interview with Chris Summerville, head of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Li spoke for the first time saying that he began hearing "the voice of God" in 2004. The interview was conducted Sunday at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre by Chris Summerville, CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, who said he has spoken with Li once every two months, on average, since Li’s confinement began nearly four years ago. It is very important. I still believe that. In 2012, four years after the murder, The National Post released an interview with Baker conducted by Chris Summerville, ... a Winnipeg citizen, to "overturn release of Vince Li." Vince Li, man in bus beheading, granted unsupervised passes to Winnipeg. The interview was conducted Sunday at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre by Chris Summerville, CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, who said he has spoken with Li … . Exercising and doing Bible study with the chaplain here. “I would do anything for their family. A. The treatment team gives me a chance to recover, to be normal. Here is our interview with Heather Beem, a mechanical engineer and co-creator of solutions to global challenges. I feel painful. We encountered an issue signing you up. That is why I travelled around the country. . It is painful to think about. 0. “Mr. I am sure Charles Manson would be a sweetheart if you pumped him up with enough meds. My thinking is becoming normal. Do you understand why people are scared of you? The contents of the interview were supplied to the Winnipeg Free Press. The easy path is to condemn. A. 1 'I DON'T HEAR VOICES' Winnipeg Free PressTue May 22 2012Page: B1Byline: Gordon Sinclair Jr. Vince Li understands JamesRoss - 285 Views. But it was the schizophrenia. But you very rarely see repeat cases after somebody has been through the forensic psychiatric system - by its very nature, these professionals are risk averse. Q. Letters are edited for length and clarity. I began to hear voices that normal people do not hear. I didn’t know what it was. I try to stay busy here. Q. The voices in our heads are religion.'. He was granted temporary passes last week by a review board to take supervised walks in Selkirk. I sleep too much. It was my fault. That he would kill me or others. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Li, leaves the Law Courts building in Winnipeg, after his annual criminal code review board hearing, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Yes, I understand their fear. He had reported in his interview with Summerville; “I thought I heard the voice of God telling me to write down my journey. Letters must include the writer’s full name, address, and a daytime phone number. Vince Li is shown in a Portage La Prairie court Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Yes. I should be under a treatment order. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Up to 65 per cent will experience a degree of recovery in order to live a meaningful life. Schizophrenia is treatable. Summerville further explained why he had decided Li’s story should be part of the broader conversation on the not-criminally-responsible debate being driven, in part, by McLean’s mother, Carol de Delley, who is championing the so-called Tim’s Law, which would keep people judged not criminally responsible for a homicide confined for life. It is even more remarkable the positive effects of the medication. Vince Li has granted an interview to Chris Summerville, head of the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society, who says Mr. Li has been treated unfairly by the public and the media. It was wrong.”. image caption In an interview in 2012, ... Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Weiguang Li, killed 22-year-old Tim McLean after hearing what he thought was "the voice of God". Of the 300,000 people in Canada who live with some form of schizophrenia, the vast majority lead quiet, law-abiding lives hoping for some quality of life. Any answers the public wouldn't like would have been edited out. You don’t know what is real. On February 27, 2014, CBC reported that on March 6, Li would be allowed to have unsupervised visits … This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. In an 2012 interview with Summerville, Li said he had believed he was chosen by God to save people from an alien attack and later understood the voices he heard as schizophrenia. The voice told me it was the third story of the Bible. The voices told me to kill him. “However, I think the media have been more favourable to the McLean family, probably because public sentiment is on their side and we as a country have entered a period of ‘tough on crime,’ with little attention paid to restorative justice, rehabilitation, recovery and redemption, or the influence and role of mental illness in this particular most unfortunate incident.”, Summerville also added this: “Before I do any interview regarding the Greyhound bus tragedy, I always ask myself, ‘What if it had been my 25-year-old daughter?’, “My sympathy to Ms. de Delley and her family is real. A. A. I feel nervous. Share Embed ... A great interview to watch in order to understand the brain-chip-murderers... is Ventura questioning Dr. Robert Duncan: A. I should have been killed at that time. Q. He provides leadership and oversight to an organization that has over 60 full- and part-time employees and 10 volunteers. How would you know you were getting sick again? When did you begin to experience schizophrenia? The interview … Vince Li is ill and coping with the aftermath of his own heinous act. Summerville brought Li a Chinese meal, which they shared prior to the formal portion of the interview. I would ask forgiveness, but I know it would be hard to accept. I try to follow God. I don’t think I will ever do it again. Most of them say the same thing, and that is: "keep Vince Li in custody. How do you feel about what you are reading in the newspapers? Yes. “His answers were rather direct and succinct, revealing a person who has given much contemplation to this tragedy and his guilt.”. The latest updates on the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. I worked at McDonald’s, Meatland Foods and at Grant Memorial Baptist Church. —statement from Vince Li provided by Chris Summerville. In an interview with a schizophrenia society, Vince Weiguang Li said he had heard what he believed was "the voice of God" before killing Tim McLean, 22. 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