This is just one reason that health care costs go through the roof. Some dip wad lawyer got a hold of this woman (who obviously doesn’t like the police to begin with). Medically the amputation has nothing to do with her being cuffed and put in jail. This is insanity that will continue until we do something about shyster lawyers
The rough treatment and confinement caused Needham’s left arm to develop compartment syndrome, a medical condition in which muscle tissue is injured and swells, cutting off circulation to a compartment of the muscle.
Deprived of oxygen and nutrients, the muscle tissue in the blocked compartment dies and becomes necrotic. The damage then spreads to other tissues. Left unchecked, compartment syndrome can cost limbs and lives.
The only treatment is a surgical intervention in which the muscle’s hard coating, the fascia, is cut open to relieve the pressure and swelling. In Needham’s case, an infection invaded the necrotic tissue, which then spread throughout the arm.
Where do you get the idea that the cuffs had nothing to do with it? Just because she is in jail doesn't mean she wasn't entitled to medical care which could have saved the arm.
Yeah, the cops never shoot into vehicles, kill dogs and tazer people instead of I don't know, talking to the person. How many times have we all seen the gestapo ordering a suspect to do something while another gestapo officer is yelling different instructions. These thugs are out of control and your attempts to blame the woman for this are contemptuous.
The cops behind this need to lose their jobs, their freedoms and their pensions and be unemployable in any type of authority role after they get out of jail.