Idk how many here have heard of the VA man who was killed by sheriff’s deputies in a hospital for mental health issues.
Long story short 7 deputies (I’d say the smallest was 190lbs) piled on top of this man(260-280 by the pics I’ve seen) who was already handcuffed and in leg irons.
Do I believe their goal was to kill this man? Not for a minute. Do I believe they and their department need to be held accountable for how it was handled? 100%
I have about 2 years of experience working hospital security, and for that first year I was going hands on with people for an average of at least once per shift. I’ve had to deal with people on all sorts of drugs and with mental health issues. The most I’ve ever seen piling onto a person was 5, and it wasn’t a general dog pile, it was one person for each limb and one to apply pressure to the dude’s shoulders/collar bones. In this particular situation it was 300+lb opioid addict going through withdrawals.
I’ve never had the advantage of holding someone who had their limbs already restrained. I’ve always had to get them under control and then apply restraints.
Police need real training on how to restrain people
Long story short 7 deputies (I’d say the smallest was 190lbs) piled on top of this man(260-280 by the pics I’ve seen) who was already handcuffed and in leg irons.
Do I believe their goal was to kill this man? Not for a minute. Do I believe they and their department need to be held accountable for how it was handled? 100%
I have about 2 years of experience working hospital security, and for that first year I was going hands on with people for an average of at least once per shift. I’ve had to deal with people on all sorts of drugs and with mental health issues. The most I’ve ever seen piling onto a person was 5, and it wasn’t a general dog pile, it was one person for each limb and one to apply pressure to the dude’s shoulders/collar bones. In this particular situation it was 300+lb opioid addict going through withdrawals.
I’ve never had the advantage of holding someone who had their limbs already restrained. I’ve always had to get them under control and then apply restraints.
Police need real training on how to restrain people