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She started the night drinking at home — and ended it being pepper-sprayed in a restraint chair
The Washington Post ^ | September 14th, 2016 | By Peter Holley

Posted on 09/15/2016 4:58:41 PM PDT by Mariner

By the time Amber Swink was strapped into a restraint chair in an isolation cell, she had already been pepper-sprayed once.

Barely able to open her eyes as she struggled inside a seven-point harness at the Montgomery County Jail in Dayton, Ohio, Swink could hear deputies laughing.

Moments later, for reasons the 25-year-old said she still doesn’t understand, Sgt. Judith L. Sealey approached the chair and fired a burst of pepper spray into Swink’s face at point-blank range.

Swink had been arrested during a night of heavy drinking at her home that evening. Swink admits that she was still somewhat intoxicated at the time but recalled that the pain was nearly unbearable as her face was coated with oleoresin capsicum.

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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Keep it under 3 drinks this weekend lest that be you.


61 posted on 09/15/2016 6:47:41 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: WhatNot

“I clicked on this because I thought it was a headline about spillary :^)”

Ha ha!

Me too.

I thought it was about her.

As far as this, no one should ever believe the Washington Post to be accurate and not distort things.


62 posted on 09/15/2016 6:58:34 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Mariner

She was pepper sprayed before she was restrained in the cell-you can see the stains on her shirt. Leaving the woman in the chair after she was originally sprayed was already inhumane. I imagine the cop who sprayed her assumed she would get away with the second dose to teach her a lesson. All these cops should go to jail.


63 posted on 09/15/2016 7:18:31 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (From this day to the ending of the world... We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: Mariner

Two things. When someone gets put in the chair, they already did something that necessitated them being in there, and with drunks, its usually assaulting staff.

That being said, that deputy that came in and sprayed her should be prosecuted. That was entirely punitive and violated the woman’s civil right, despite her probably being a serious drunken Alfa Hotel.

This is why it is important that supervisors step in and temporarily reassign officers who have been assaulted by prisoners so that they are not tempted to exact “payback”.


64 posted on 09/15/2016 7:31:11 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: Molon Labbie
The funny thing is, the one who sprayed her was not in the party that arrested her. She was not assaulted by the plaintiff.

She just got tired of hearing her sh!t.

65 posted on 09/15/2016 7:34:54 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: dp0622

THAT COP IS GOING TO PRISON.


Good. Cops who turn criminal are extreme dangers to society.


66 posted on 09/15/2016 7:37:07 PM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: Mariner

Or was the recipient of a racial epithet. That sparks an instant beating.


67 posted on 09/15/2016 7:45:48 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: soycd

Stop misleading posters by posting rap songs that have no relevance to the subject being discussed. You are spamming the board.


68 posted on 09/15/2016 8:04:44 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: sjm_888

Thanks for posting that link. I could not get through to WP without undoing my ad blocker.


69 posted on 09/15/2016 8:17:18 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Mariner

That is serious business...and it should be.


70 posted on 09/15/2016 8:18:34 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: tbw2

What I don’t understand is how so many could be so corrupted that no one is left standing for mercy, grace and justice.


71 posted on 09/15/2016 8:20:48 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: scripter

you want to tell the story? I’d like to hear it.


72 posted on 09/15/2016 8:26:02 PM PDT by Persevero (NUTS)
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To: dp0622

I would not bet on it.


73 posted on 09/15/2016 8:29:12 PM PDT by sport
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To: PLMerite

It damn sure won’t be Judith Sealey.


74 posted on 09/15/2016 8:37:51 PM PDT by sport
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To: 60Gunner

How does jackboot leather taste?


75 posted on 09/15/2016 8:44:35 PM PDT by sport
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To: sport

No kidding, that porker has the “get ouf jail free” card for life. ‘Specially as it was a honky that she attacked.


76 posted on 09/15/2016 9:07:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Mears

cop is black....I can just imagine a bunch of black cops standing around belittling the white chick and getting their jollies of having her restraint and then taking a power trip by spraying a restrained person with pepper spray...


77 posted on 09/15/2016 9:18:07 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Snickering Hound

Judith is one slick dude....so professional....I’ll bet she’s laughing about spraying the white chick even still...


78 posted on 09/15/2016 9:21:10 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Mariner

thought so


79 posted on 09/15/2016 9:54:38 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: Mariner

........you may be right.................

........but, it seems there is one FACT that is not in dispute, and given the video, we can call it FACT. This black female police officer pepper sprayed a white woman chained to a chair.

Like Brannen said, this woman (the deputy) should have been fired and/or should be fired, today.


80 posted on 09/15/2016 10:01:21 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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