Posted on 07/31/2023 11:49:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Police officers allegedly stood by and watched for 15 minutes as a man who relapsed on heroin drowned in the Tennessee River after fleeing from them, according to a newly filed lawsuit.
Kimberly Williams-Clabo claims her son, Mika Wheeler Clabo, would still be alive if it weren’t for the alleged negligence of the Knoxville Police Department, which encountered him “acting erratically” on the morning of July 25, 2022.
Police said that when they approached Clabo, 30, who struggled with a heroin addiction, he ran from them and jumped into the river, where he got caught on vines and drowned.
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Don’t know where the incident occurred but that’s Calhouns on the River on Neyland Dr.
I don't know but considering how often people who can not swim go in the water maybe they should.
But they should have a rope and something that would work as a grab pole.
I don't know the answer to that, but pose the question, as to whether police can anticipate every stupid thing somebody might do.
Someone going into the water whether voluntarily or by accident is not uncommon. Being high is a twist, usually they are drunk.
Of course if the guy was high on drugs, he may well have drowned anyway, even if police did have flotation devices on hand.
Very possible. Especially if he panicked.
We need more information to know what our judgement should be.
Totally agree.
Please understand I do not think mommy dearest should get anything. What I want to know if the police should have more or different equipment or training.
Because like I said, people do go in the water on a regular basis and often the police will be first on the scene.
Probably was no helping this person but might be able to save someone in the future.
Well at least there’s one less narcan customer.
And that’s a completely different topic, narcan.
No reason the taxpayer should have to continue to supply these to cops, firefighters and emt’s so they can bring back the same people, over and over.
Junkie gets one narcan save, name goes in a database. Second time they or the family gets a bill. There will not be a third time.
But a rope or strap is common equipment in cars. I have both in the car and in the truck. You never know when they will come in handy. I would be very surprised if the police do not have a rope of some sort in the car. If they don't, they probably should.
Hed still be alive if he hadnt done heroin ...
Shades of George Floyd
Cops are not required to do anything to help you.
The Supreme Court said so.
“Police Officers are not obligated to risk their lives to save others.”
As ruled by SCOTUS.
In other words, y’all on ya own.
footnote:
Carry Everywhere.
George floydII
Throw him a brick
I’m critical of police but in this case they did nothing wrong. Some idiot jumps in the water that is not a police problem.
Blaming the police for another person’s inability to swim is silly.
Happened in California too, maybe 15 years back. The cops forbade citizens from entering the water while they waited for water rescue team.
“encountered him “acting erratically”
So this is actually not police responsibility, they should have dispatched a counselor. But no cop should be expected to go into the water to fight with someone. One less heroin addict.
The dragon defeats another one.
Yes, that’s definitely Calhoun’s deck. They don’t open until 11am and he drowned shortly before they opened, so I guess the “concerned citizens” in the news story weren’t Calhoun’s patrons.
From the story:
The officers called the Knoxville Fire Department for rescue and instructed him to swim to shore. The lawsuit states that one of the cops scoffed at the idea that Clabo was drowning.
The suit alleges that the officers just stood by as Clabo struggled to stay above water and screamed for help. It also claims that police warned concerned residents to stay away and not help the drowning man because they could get caught in the vines as well.
By 10:27 a.m., Clabo’s head vanished underwater, with the cops allegedly only commenting on it while not knowing what to do.
“[The officers] acted with no urgency whatsoever throughout the incident to respond to the life-or-death situation,” the lawsuit reads.
When the rescue boat arrived three minutes later, officials combed the area and found the man’s body tangled in vines mere inches below the surface.”
Why did they bother some guy walking along a railroad track? Is that illegal? We got homeless junkies wandering all over Knoxville these days even in the “good” parts out west and the cops seem to ignore them.
A few things seem “off” about this story, but we’re only hearing the lawyer’s version here, so there’s a bunch we don’t know. One thing, though, is Knoxville cops aren’t what they used to be years ago. Times change, often not for the better.
Yeah, I was wondering if nobody had a tow rope to throw out to him. But maybe nobody did.
“Responding officers found Clabo wandering a nearby railroad track, but when they approached him, the man fled and jumped into the river at about 10:14 a.m.”
The guy should not have run from the police and jumped into a river.
I don’t that’s in their job description to save junkies from rivers
Dead Junkie? Can white folks loot tonight?
“No WAY would I try to rescue anyone without the proper equipment”
And possibly being entangled in underwater vines, too.
Well good for you. I'm sure you have them in your vehicle just in case you see someone jump into a flowing river.
As for me, I know of no one in my vast circle of friends and acquaintances, which includes active LEO,s, who have such items in their vehicles, just in case they may see someone jump into a flowing river.......
Never even suggested they should jump in.
Then what do you suggest they do when their squad car isn't equipped with ropes, floats, grab bars and inflatable rafts just in case a chased suspect jumps into a fast flowing river?
Give it up dude, you're flimsy argument is sinking faster than a drowning junkie in a river.........
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