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.
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.
Good thing they didn’t piss on him; they’d be on death row by now.
Good God! How does this kind of thing still happen? You’d think it was 1940s Florida.
FL cops are notorious. I remember years ago they would stop people on 95 and if they had a lot of cash on them, and nothing else, they would confiscate it with no stated reason. Thus began my boycott of the state. My son hates Disney with a passion anyway (I did something right!).
This is just wrong in every possible way. That PD better have a good insurance company. The people there deserve better than this lot.
I recently viewed all three Netflix movies: Red Riding 74, 80 and 83 and I was so disillusioned that I can NEVER, EVER believe that any police force will tell the truth of what they do. Power corrupts absolutely.
We as citizens should do more to ensure we don’t install maniacs in positions of power. Police develop an “Us against ‘them’ mentality” and will lie, cheat, steal and murder to protect themselves and theirs.
Does Florida Governor Scott have the authority to order a State investigation into this case?
http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/
An elderly, disoriented man with a slew of medications (locked up in a police truck according to the article) and they never once had him medically screened?
It would still be possible to bring charges, if the prosecutor had any integrity or balls.