Posted on 01/14/2012 12:01:24 PM PST by Duke of Qin
A mentally ill grandfather died after police officers strapped him naked to a chair, smothered him with a 'spit hood' and pepper-sprayed him 10 times during a 43-hour ordeal, it has been claimed.
Nick Christie, 62, was allegedly tortured in the 'Devil's Chair' at Lee County jail after being detained by Florida police officers in March 2009 following a 'mental breakdown'.
The hood, designed to stop him from spitting at officers, meant he could not escape the noxious spray's fumes - and he was never allowed to clean the residue from his body.
His family is now suing Lee County Sheriff's Department for 'wrongful death'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085628/Nick-Christie-Mentally-ill-prisoner-strapped-Devils-Chair-pepper-sprayed-death.html#ixzz1jSkweFsk
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Deputy Medical Examiner Dr Robert Pfalzgraf later noted in his autopsy report that, two days after his death, brown-orange liquid pepper spray was still all over Christie's body.
Pfalzgraf ruled the death a homicide, as Christie's heart gave out due to stress from his exposure to pepper spray. An internal investigation concluded there no wrongdoing on the part of any Lee County deputy.
None of the deputies involved were disciplined in any way and Florida State Attorney Stephen Russell declined to press criminal charges.
Actual title:
Strapped to the 'Devil's Chair' and 'pepper-sprayed to death': Horrific fate of mentally ill grandfather 'tortured by police until he died'
Leon Panetta is outraged.
Wonder how the bootlicks will defend this one.
Why the hell do we need to go to the British press to get any news any more?
For all of you here on FR who continually bray about “supporting law enforcement” I give you exhibit “A.” Local law enforcement has devolved into a bunch of low IQ union thugs who operate outside the very laws they are “sworn” to uphold. The “officers” involved in this killing need to be charged with this man’s murder, prosecuted, found guilty and sent to jail for a very long time.
Sadly, they will probably escape any punishment and feel that they can do it again.
For all of you here on FR who continually bray about “supporting law enforcement” I give you exhibit “A.” Local law enforcement has devolved into a bunch of low IQ union thugs who operate outside the very laws they are “sworn” to uphold. The “officers” involved in this killing need to be charged with this man’s murder, prosecuted, found guilty and sent to jail for a very long time.
Sadly, they will probably escape any punishment and feel that they can do it again.
This story is hard to comprehend. Ruled a homicide, yet no one held accountable. I would Volunteer to sit as a juror on this civil case.
The only reprimand came when the chief learned the family dog got away unscathed.
This is what Leon Panetta stands for: No morality allowed.
All Natural Rights from God is eliminated in his sodomy “Rights’ world which ejects God and Christian Ethics—the very things which would have eliminated such a thing occuring.
He promotes evil——where evil is being forced BY LAW to become “good” in the worldview of children and forced on every adult, regardless of our freedom of Conscience and Religion stated in the Constitution. We have no Rights when God is kicked out-—Panetta. But then all Marxists know that-—that is why they are preventing the concept of God in our children and vilifying anyone with moral values as bigots and haters.
It is why the MSM hates Tim Tebow-—He represents American values as stated in our Constitution—can’t teach children Right and Wrong.....they might think people like Sandusky are evil.
What are the proper procedures that police should follow in a case like this?
I (cough) know someone who lives in Lee County, Florida. This “friend” (cough) also knows a few of the LEO types. All of them are good folks, but they will share stories of OTHER LEO types who are flat out crooked and bad.
It’s always Florida.
Therefore you would most likely be weeded out of the jury pool by defense attorneys.
Good thing they didn’t piss on him; they’d be on death row by now.
I’m sorry, but the original title was too long and would not post, so I had to reword it slightly.
Good God! How does this kind of thing still happen? You’d think it was 1940s Florida.
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