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1 year after officer tackled him, man is bedridden, wife is caretaker
Seattle Times ^ | 16 May 10 | Sara Jean Green

Posted on 05/29/2010 10:19:58 AM PDT by Drew68

OLYMPIA — Sarah Harris goes through the motions of her day trying hard not to think about what life was like a year ago — or what it would be like now if not for "the incident."

She feels guilty leaving the house, even if only for a couple of hours to visit her mom or sister, to run errands, or go grocery shopping. She still cries every night.

Her husband, the first boy she kissed and the only man she's ever loved, suffered a catastrophic brain injury when his head slammed into a concrete wall after a brief footchase with two King County sheriff's deputies on Mother's Day 2009. He's now confined to bed, unable to talk, walk or do anything for himself.

Christopher Sean Harris spent six weeks at Harborview Medical Center, where his family was encouraged to remove him from life support because doctors didn't think he'd ever come out of a coma. But he did, and was transferred to an Edmonds nursing home in June.

Sarah Harris, who worked as a manager for Nordstrom and dreamed of becoming a buyer for the department store, gave up her job to care for her husband.

"I loved my job, and I miss it all the time," she said. "But I knew there was no way I could go back to work and leave him alone in a nursing home all day. There was no decision to even make."

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: braininjury; donutwatch; governmentunion; leo; seiu; union; unions
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To: dcwusmc

Nope, nothing from the report because the drugs were not recovered, just from the video. What do you think he discarded, a job application? A note to his wife telling her how much he appreciates her supporting them? Or something Illegal? C’mon Marine, use your common sense.


381 posted on 06/01/2010 3:46:12 PM PDT by EAGLE7 (They MAY take our lives but they'll never take our freedom!)
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To: dcwusmc

I have the utmost respect for the Marines. My son is one, so I find it hard to argue with you. While I agree with what you say about Honor and Duty, I disagree with your assessment of what occurred in the video. Nothing personal, but I have read countless posts here on FR bashing cops. Do cops mess up at times? Absolutely. But most, if not all of the posts I have read were way off in their criticism of LEO’s. Some have even compared cops to Nazis, which is ridiculous.

BTW...Thanks for your service Sir.


382 posted on 06/01/2010 3:51:17 PM PDT by EAGLE7 (They MAY take our lives but they'll never take our freedom!)
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To: dcwusmc

Waste of breath.

The guy is invincibly stupid.

Even if the pulled from the backside argument that the victim in this film discarded drugs, the uniformed criminals found better uses for it than evidence.


383 posted on 06/02/2010 5:19:40 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Let me be clear. The voluntary pancipation of Cinco de Quatro is mandated in all 57 states.)
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To: starlifter

Thank God we are moving to the Mexican system where cops decide who is guilty and there is no reason to ever question them.
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Indeed we are:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2526453/posts


384 posted on 06/02/2010 5:25:31 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Let me be clear. The voluntary pancipation of Cinco de Quatro is mandated in all 57 states.)
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To: EAGLE7
That's an argument that would laughable on an 8th grade playground.
385 posted on 06/03/2010 6:46:33 AM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: starlifter

and of course you would know.


386 posted on 06/03/2010 7:55:58 PM PDT by EAGLE7 (They MAY take our lives but they'll never take our freedom!)
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