TMOliver wrote:
I note that the poor deluded and apparently deranged woman who died -
strangled in an attempt to get out of the irons - while cuffed and shackled
at Sky Harbor, the Phoenix Airport, was the daughter of a retired SA Navy
CDR. The story has played mightily here in the US, drawing response from
the two predictable positions, the usual tearful hand-wringers blaming the
cops or the TSA (a bit off, since the TSA apparently weren't ever involved),
and the "just desserts" crowd, which in this case seem likely to be correct
in their view.

Throwing a fit, especially over being denied boarding because the door was
closed - a routine and to be expected inconvnience these days - is bad
enough, but throwing one which requires the gendarmes to put you in
restraints (implying an ongoing failure of rationality) seems evidence of
deper problems....

Apparently, she was on her way to an alcohol rehab center in Tucson. Sad,
since were she not so purposeful in her intent to beat booze, she could have
simply gone in the bar, had a few belts, and simply felt depressed, not
antagonistic.

TMO



We train police to never leave a handcuffed person unattended
Epileptic seizures and similar events have killed handcuffed people

From an arizona case on leaving a handcuffed person unattended

Second, they argued that theirfactual allegations and the inferences
that could be drawn from them stated a claim for gross negligence. They
included an affidavit from an expert witness on police practices and
procedures, who opined that Officer Congrove's actions constituted
gross negligence and that DPS was grossly negligent in providing a
patrol car that lacked security features routinely found in such
vehicles.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/...1/cv970475.txt

Vince