Fo' Real Tho: Nottingham Killings Show Mental Health System Ain't Got Our Backs
Momma Calocane tried to warn 'em 'bout her son, but they ain't listen 'til folks died – typical, fam, they only care when it's too late.

Aight, so check it. This Nottingham thing, where that dude Valdo Calocane smoked three people back in '23, it's messed up, right? Now his mama, Celeste Calocane, she's speakin' out at this inquiry, sayin' the mental health system is straight up broken. And for real tho, ain't nobody surprised. This country been neglectin' us for decades. Valdo Calocane, the dude who did the dirt, got a suspended hospital order after takin' out Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates. Straight up cold.
Celeste Calocane, she been screamin' 'bout her son's mental state since 2020, when he started gettin' sectioned. But they ain't listen. They never do. They wait 'til somebody gets hurt, or worse, dead, then they wanna act like they care. It's always the same old story. The system is set up to fail us, especially when it comes to mental health. They wanna lock us up and throw away the key instead of giving us the help we need.
Rachel Langdale KC, she readin' out notes from May 2020, where Ms. Calocane warned 'bout her son bein' a danger to others. He tried to break into a neighbor's crib, man. Red flags everywhere. But did they do anything? Nah. Gotta wait for the bodies to drop. That's how the game works.
Then there's the brother, Elias, who put together a whole file on this dude, filled with crazy messages. Talkin' 'bout “red rum” – you know, murder spelled backwards. Dude was buggin' out, but the doctors ain't pay it no mind. Probly too busy tryna push pills and get paid by Big Pharma.
Momma Calocane wanted a diagnosis, but the doc said he was just havin' a “psychotic picture.” Whatever that means. They didn't wanna label him, probly 'cause they scared of the stigma. But that ain't helpin' nobody, especially not the people he ended up hurtin'.
He got released from the hospital on June 13, 2020, against his mama's wishes. A month later, he tried to break into another crib. Sectioned again. Ms. Calocane callin' and pleadin', but they ain't listen 'til it's too late. Story of our lives, man. The system never got our backs.
They knew this dude was a threat. One doctor even said he could “end up killing someone.” But they didn't tell Ms. Calocane. Keepin' secrets and playin' games while people gettin' hurt. That's the system in a nutshell.
So now they holdin' this inquiry, actin' like they gonna fix things. But we know how it goes. They gonna talk a good game, make some empty promises, and then go back to business as usual. Nothin' ever changes. Same struggle, different day.
