Attacked By Neighbor of 20 Years

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I swear to God people are losing all semblance of reason.

I was out raking leaves just now, minding my own business. A near neighbor, who I've known for over 20 years, walked up to chat (as she has done many times before). I said the typical "Hi, how you doing?" and I guess that was all she needed. She absolutely launched. It was MY fault Biden was elected. It's MY fault the country is ruined. Apparently having a Biden sign in my front yard was way more powerful than I ever imagined. And our state went for Trump, so it's obvious my vote didn't make a difference.

She grabbed the rake out of my hand and pushed me, screaming that I needed to move "somewhere else". Thankfully, my next door neighbor came out, yelling that he had called 911. You would have thought that would have slowed her down, but no. She continued to push me, swinging the rake and screaming that I had ruined her life and that I needed to leave. Another neighbor came out and ran over to try to wrestle the rake out of her hands. He got whacked in the head.

Fortunately, there's usually a patrol car sitting less than a mile away at our local park, so the response time was swift. They hopped out and ended up having to wrestle the rake out of her hands. All the while she is ranting and raving, spit flying (no mask, of course). They ended up cuffing her and putting her in the squad car, at which point she started banging her head against the glass. I felt like I was in a bad episode of Live PD or COPS. Neighbors up and down the street were outside watching the spectacle. The police had to hogtie her to keep her from injuring herself. All the while she was wailing that Trump was President and my "kind" needed to leave the country. My kind? I'm a 63 y/o white woman.

Both I and my neighbor are pressing charges. I'm sitting here in shock, trying to understand how someone I considered a nice neighbor could have lost all reason. I can only think that she is suffering from some mental disorder and has had a break of some kind.

Right after the election the SO and I had a talk about moving to a "blue" state, given all the craziness going on. I didn't want to, but sadly, I am rethinking that decision.