Posted on 01/10/2015 9:01:48 PM PST by TigerClaws
Surveillance video obtained by 9News Investigators shows the final minutes of an inmate's life inside the West Baton Rouge Detention Center.
The sheriff's department claims Ervin Edwards, 38, resisted as officers tried to book him. His family disagrees. After reviewing the video, they believe officers at the jail are responsible for his death.
The surveillance video from inside the West Baton Rouge Detention Center on November 26, 2013 shows Edwards being booked for allegedly disturbing the peace at a gas station. Several officers bring him into a jail cell. On the way there the video shows Edwards' pants around his ankles, his feet and hands are cuffed. He trips and officers drag him into the room.
Minutes later, the officers transport him to another cell. He falls again. Officers drag him inside, face down, still cuffed. Six officers hold him down. One of them pulls out a taser and puts it on his backside. It appears an officer stepped on Edwards' back, another on his head. A minute goes by, and it appears Edwards is motionless, apparently still being tased. Officers begin to leave, but one remains and continues to hold the taser on Edwards for almost another minute. Paramedics arrived 20 minutes later. Edwards was pronounced dead.
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Phencyclidine IS an anesthetic pharmaceutical drug! So is ketamine!
Our learned lil chemists have created all kinds of monstrous wonders for mankind. Note the number of pharma lawsuits and the length, speed, and lowered tone of the warnings.
Oddly the SAFEST drug you could give them to calm them down is CANNABIS! A couple of puffs of some stout Indica would plant them right on their butt. Plus it would improve their mood and make them more cooperative.
Does everyone have a token police officer for a friend now? If not you need to get one and quick! /s
It took that long to die from a cocaine overdose? He might have had a high level of cocaine in his system but the shock could have caused a heart attack, especially one of that duration.
And all criminals are just misunderstood youths trying to get their lives back on track. Right?
Oh, it has to be one or the other? (rolling eyes) false dichotomy
Oh wow, two straw men. Now how are you going to flood an area with pot smoke without also dumbing down everyone else who has to be there.
You need to cook that cat, it is still too pink inside, Raw.
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