Death during intervention: no charges
Police won’t be facing charges in the death of an Île Bizard man in 2017. The man’s own parents called for help because he was in crisis, but he died during the intervention – stressed by drugs he had taken rather than by the police beating alleged by the parents, or so the report says. Recalls a recent report on another man who died suddenly in custody, which said he had a heart problem that somehow only acted up when he was arrested. Funny that.
Chris 11:37 on 2019-05-11 Permalink
I haven’t read any of it, but it’s not totally implausible that the stress of being arrested could tip a known weak heart over the edge.
Kate 11:43 on 2019-05-11 Permalink
Obviously it’s not implausible, or the coroner wouldn’t attempt to make a case for it.
I’m not going so far as to allege that police wilfully killed these guys, but that most people have some physical frailty or condition that can be discovered and used as an excuse why they died suddenly under the care of the police. Simply being put face down with your hands cuffed behind your back can kill you. It’s called positional asphyxia.
Cops should be more aware of the limits of what they can do physically to restrain a person, at least.
Kevin 17:41 on 2019-05-11 Permalink
Handcuff me behind my back and I’ll be screaming in agony immediately: my hands do not reach that position because of improperly healed bones