“Regardless, she is solely responsible for what happened. Nobody else.”
If she’d been killed in the struggle with the cops, that’d be one thing. But they had her subdued and handcuffed. They put her in a room and left her unobserved long enough for her to kill herself with the tools they “supplied” her with - handcuffs and two feet of chain.
Whatever else she might have done as a result of her condition, she was in the custody of some level of officialdom - airport, police, federal - when she died. It shouldn’t have ended this way.
No it shouldnt have ended this way...
and probably wouldnt have if her family, who was well aware of her mental instability, had taken the responsibility of her to begin with. Instead they sent her off across the country alone. Makes me kinda go hmmmmmmm.
First, you are insane if you think law enforcement has to watch everyone in a holding cell. That is not possible unless you want to pay twice as much in taxes to have paid "watchers" stand around.
Second, this woman was not suicidal....at least to the police. If they had stopped her from killing herself, then they need to put her on suicide watch. That is not the case here.
Lastly, she may have calmed down a bit when they put her in the holding area, then became hysterical again while thinking about her predicament.
You cannot hold law enforcement responsible for what happened. They have no obligation to watch a non-suicidal person.