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- b3astie, on 11/20/2008, -7/+259I'm surprised they didn't taze him repeatedly, isn't that standard protocol theses days?
- naturalpapa, on 11/19/2008, -5/+171Serve and protect, eh?
- ravisraval, on 11/19/2008, -7/+135Thank goodness for law enforcement officers...
- SpectralSounds, on 11/20/2008, -2/+111You'd think in order for them to lock you up for being drunk, that they would have to test your blood alcohol level. I just watched some show on TrueTV (I think) where they did a blood alcohol test on some guy who was brought in on public intoxication. Why did they not do that for this guy?
What a horrible story. Knowing that you are dying, but not being able to express it or even think straight because of a brain problem... while the cops lock you up and laugh at you about it. - zheisey, on 11/19/2008, -10/+102Can you say "Law Suit"??
- SkippyDoorknob, on 11/20/2008, -1/+85Is that what you wear to court when carrying out a lawsuit?
- defenswens26, on 11/20/2008, -1/+68Wouldn't a simple breathalyzer have cleared this up immediately? Seems like that'd be standard procedure for locking up someone for being 'drunk'
- unknamed, on 11/20/2008, -0/+59Can you spell "Lawsuit"?
Unless you were referring to some sort of leisure suit made out of laws.... which you might have been.
My mistake, carry on. - Bukowsky, on 11/19/2008, -1/+50wow. That's crazy... My mother had a brain hemorrhage a few years back, something very similar to what happened to this guy. I've seen the effects of this up close and personal...
Frankly, I'm surprised he stayed alive for so long without medical attention.... and then stayed alive for another 12 days. I would also be interested in hearing more details about his "neurological condition", because in the article they just say he died of a brain anuerism, but never said whether or not the anuerism ruptured. And also whether or not he knew about the anuerism previously. - jynweythek, on 11/20/2008, -3/+47good thing we have law enforcement officers to protect us from these dangerous brain hemorrhage victims.
- AdamWest2122, on 11/20/2008, -0/+44My father had a brain hemorrhage about ten years ago. He had vomited and was passed out on the sofa sometime during the night. He had a bowl by the sofa. He was breathing slow large breaths and was ice cold. My mother and I couldn't wake him so we called 911.
The paramedics arrived and after a brief exam they stopped and one asked how much my father had to drink last night, cause he had one hell of a hang over. We explained he never drank and the paramedic started arguing it, saying he was obviously drunk and didn't want to wake up. He suggested my father is the type to sneak out after everyone is asleep and get drunk then sleep it off, even suggesting he drove drunk to get back home.
After what seemed like ten or twenty minutes of arguing they decide they will take him to the hospital to sober up. I couldn't drive at the time and my mother was trying to reach my brother so we didn't leave for a while, she was too shaken up to drive anyway.
In the meanwhile the hospital called and explained what had happened, and that they had caught it moments before his death, another hour at most the doctor said. He did suffer some brain damage from it but it wasn't severe and he eventually recovered.
So even trained medical professionals can be complete dicks when it comes to certain medical problems. I don't think it is about paramedics or police but rather about some people being full of themselves to the point they make assumptions about life critical events. - Lula87, on 11/20/2008, -9/+51Wow, these retard cops can't tell the difference between a man with a neurological syndrome and a drunk?
- KevekKerinth, on 11/20/2008, -7/+46could you?
I've never seen someone with a hemorrhage before, so I'm not sure I'd immediately diagnose it. - LawMan227, on 11/20/2008, -3/+36This happened in the UK, not America.
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -12/+44My condolences to the family. History shows that the Governments are the biggest murders in the WORLD.
- BoneheadFarker, on 11/20/2008, -3/+32They can't tell drunks from diabetics either, so it's not really surprising.
- jcaino, on 11/20/2008, -2/+29well, with access to a breathalyser or the ability to go to the hospital...yea, these cops screwed up big time.
- jvjackson, on 11/20/2008, -1/+25this is just disturbing...
- xDynaBlade, on 11/20/2008, -2/+26Saw Luit. Nope, I guess not.
- Fuckmypooplease, on 11/20/2008, -5/+28This is terribly unfortunate but please remember it's written by the Daily Mail, most likely swayed in one way or the other. Don't believe what you read.
Please stop digging this joke of a newspaper.
It's tabloid.
Stop Digging the Daily Mail and the Sun!! - defenswens26, on 11/20/2008, -0/+20Still. They lock him up for being 'drunk'. Shouldn't they be certain that he actually is regardless of what he was doing?
- redfan, on 11/20/2008, -1/+20Thank goodness we never have a lack of space in our superior free market capitalist hospitals.
Of course the difference is that here the guy would have died and his family would have gotten a bill for $50k. - mikeoncampus, on 11/20/2008, -3/+21I now understand why rap artists hate the police. It all makes sense now.
- Bastet62, on 11/20/2008, -6/+24Wouldn't have mattered if he knew about his brain condition - the cops wouldn't have cared anyway or believed him either. You can't imagine what goes on in our country's jails - it's inhumane, but the media plays it like it's a vacation in there.
- jcaino, on 11/20/2008, -0/+16Police are supposed to administer tests in order to determine the BAC.
- jfreeman, on 11/20/2008, -0/+16They didn't do it for this guy because they weren't being watched on TV.
- gbates31, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14On the contrary, who were these police officers representing?
Whether or not soldiers or police are specifically ordered from higher up makes no difference. They all hide behind the uniform when their actions are exposed. - apackofmonkeys, on 11/20/2008, -0/+14Actually... yes, the police are at their very core the representatives of the government.
- acegi, on 11/20/2008, -3/+16as you wish
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -4/+15You don't want someone who's intelligent... they're not as loyal.
- dieboldcracy, on 11/20/2008, -0/+11perhaps his condition was "Sudden In-custody death syndrome"
http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB08/2005JanMarchSIC ... - mnemy, on 11/20/2008, -1/+12No one tried a breathalizer test?
- rasde, on 11/20/2008, -6/+16pigs
- GWAN, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10Almost the same thing happened to my Dad when he had a brain hemorrhage, he had been at a party, on the way home he collapsed, when the paramedics got there and found out he had been drinking (not majorly) they said he was drunk. We had to plee to them that he wasn't and something was seriously wrong...luckily they believed us and he's OK now.
- bphicke, on 11/20/2008, -3/+13This happened in England, not America.
- pwnstar182, on 11/21/2008, -0/+10Can you say "that won't bring him back from the dead"?
- str1fe, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9Fair warning: above link is to a PDF file. It's small though, only 8 pages, 415 KB.
- BrogMaN, on 11/21/2008, -1/+10Probably, but I don't really feel like trying. Sorry
- chrisgnv, on 11/20/2008, -2/+10Why does every 'sensational' story on Digg seem to come from the Daily Mail? Is this all they report?
Regardless, what a horrible story. - tgc1, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8I think the company they outsourced to to the stickers misspelled it. It was supposed to say Serve and Neglect.
- PillCosby, on 11/21/2008, -1/+9no, they are not doctors. but they can at least check up on him and make sure he is in decent health. theres always a reason for stereotypes and the police are no exception.
- kenedamick, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8This is ***** up.
- xgkx, on 11/21/2008, -1/+8Cops routinely lie... Even if he passed a breathalyzer they would just say he was impaired because of drugs.
- Coven, on 11/21/2008, -1/+8"An American who still believes in the Constitution and thinks Bush and Co deserve a fair trial - soon!"
She does - cawpin, on 11/20/2008, -3/+10*****. This is a rare exception. It isn't the norm anywhere. You also have to TRY to get arrested for public intoxication.
- fenny45, on 11/21/2008, -1/+8I guarantee its in their policies to check on prisoners too. They just don't like doing it, so they don't. Probably gonna cost their department millions.
- swmbuk, on 03/30/2009, -0/+7I agree with jaque, its more the polices fault here. I mean I live in the UK and police brutality is kindve common now, like last week I see some 50 year old woman being kicked in by cops in the KFC, because she said "what you looking at?" dear dear :(
- bphicke, on 11/20/2008, -1/+8Dugg down for being a ***** oversensitive tard!
- LoveAndSeagulls, on 11/21/2008, -1/+7you use chrome?
i thought people only used that for porn.
unless you're..
oh. - flashpointbob, on 11/21/2008, -0/+6WTF is with your user name?
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