Posted on 10/08/2007 9:23:47 AM PDT by SubGeniusX
A mild-mannered Brooklyn high school teacher says he was nearly scared to death by NYPD cops who mistook him for a perp.
When the violent encounter was over, Lester Jacob, 50, suffered a heart attack and was left on his own in the street by cops, who accused him of "acting."
In July he underwent open-heart surgery.
Jacob had the misfortune to be driving home through Brownsville, Brooklyn, on June 22 around the same time cops were on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver. Jacob, an earth science teacher at James Madison High School in Midwood, heard a siren, looked in his rear-view mirror and dutifully pulled over for the radio car behind him.
He wasn't prepared for what happened next. Two officers rushed up to Jacob's vehicle and pointed their guns at his head, according to a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Cursing at him, they ordered Jacobs out of the car and roughly cuffed him.
"One officer crushed his knee into Mr. Jacob's back," the complaint states. "They then repeatedly slammed his head onto the car and then pressed his head against the car for some time."
Additional officers arrived on the scene with a witness to the earlier accident. The witness told them Jacob was the wrong guy.
"'I told you it was a white Maxima,'" the witness reportedly said, according to the complaint. Jacob drives a white Infiniti.
Jacob told the cops he was experiencing chest pains and began coughing uncontrollably.
A female cop said, "Nice acting," according to Jacob, and then drove off. Jacob said he struggled to drive home, stopping to vomit on the side of the road.
His wife rushed him to the hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a heart attack.
"I was scared to death," Jacob said of his brush with the NYPD. "I was feeling terror."
His attorney John Lambros said there was no reason for the cops to handcuff or use excessive force against the 150-pound teacher while they were waiting for the witness to show up.
The cops were not identified, but their radio car number has been turned over to the Civilian Complaint Review Board. A spokeswoman for the city Law Department said the complaint is being reviewed.
DON'T TAZE ME, BRO!
Screeeeeeaaaaaaaam!
Nowhere in the article was it stated that Jacobs had arterial blockage; there are many causes of heart attacks brought on by stress that could require open-heart surgery to repair damage that resulted or an undetected underlying cause for arrhythmia.
Heart attacks from embolisms are generally of the drop-dead kind.
Do you?
It never matters to the FR cop groupies.
...and nukes!
“only if you resist”
Huh? That is the same thing Islamofacists say .
I suppose you may be on to something useful there.
Might explain why I've never been in a major accident, but have avoided dozens of them. Reacting in the most rational manner to a potentially deadly scenario without twelve pages of instructions...
Too busy licking jackboots and fetching donuts??
At least you admit you can’t keep up. You were probably told that every day by your teachers.
gimme a freekin break, all of you cardiac surg experts......bypass or a valve or two.......take your pick. Not from a knee on the back or from “stress”. Period.
Are you a doctor? Or do you just play one on FR? The guy weighed 150 lbs. Hardly fat. Extreme Stress can cause heart failure even in otherwise healthy people. It is possible for some people to be frightened to death. I suppose you think it was just coincidence that he happened to suffer a heart attack just as he was being arrested?
sheesh... I have heard boot licking sycophants make ridiculous arguments defending indefensible behavior by LEO’s before, but you take the cake.
Arrhythmia Treatment
An arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) is a problem with the speed or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm.
Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or even life threatening. When the heart rate is abnormal, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body. Lack of blood flow can damage the brain, heart, and other organs.
Arrhythmias are usually treated with medicine first. If medicines don’t work well enough, you may need surgery. For example, your doctor may use surgery to give you a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
I hope he sues, and wins big
ok lets see ... you start with your first post to this thread with an insult ... then you expect any sort of modicum of respect in return
so by your own admission and standards you used the so called "Classic liberal tactic" right off the bat....
you are just like the pathetic schoolyard bully that can dish it out but can't take it ... sad ...
::::sigh:::: Calm down and untwist your panties.
What it means is, being roughed up by the cops could cause a heart attack to occur earlier. But it would have happened eventually anyway. The only way it could have been stopped was if his doc happened to decide to do the right tests and discovered, then treated, the problem before an attack can occur.
By the way, you need more exercise than jumping to conclusions if you want to avoid having a heart attack.
umm did you even READ the Article???
He had a Heart Attack on the spot at the time of the incident ... he went to the Hospital as soon as he got home and they determined he had a Heart Attack....
what part of this do you find hard to grasp...
::::sigh:::: Calm down and untwist your panties.
What it means is, being roughed up by the cops could cause a heart attack to occur earlier. But it would have happened eventually anyway. The only way it could have been stopped was if his doc happened to decide to do the right tests and discovered, then treated, the problem before an attack can occur.
By the way, you need more exercise than jumping to conclusions if you want to avoid having a heart attack.
Those aren’t crimes, but police brutality is. She belongs in jail.
No, it doesn't. It does strongly indicate that he wasn't gorging on fat as you implied.
We're both guilty of doing the same thing the cops did, we're assuming we know and understand his medical history and that we know best.
The difference is that they deliberately ignored his symptoms, and he could easily have died.
One should always err on the side of caution with chest pains, not just mock the skinny black dude who has them, and drive off for him for save himself as best he can, or not...
“I hope all you cop haters are enjoying yourselves.
Don’t forget to wipe the spittle off your chins.”
Oh my...dissed by the badcop enabler. How can i face the rest of the day.
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