Posted on 07/28/2013 3:59:48 PM PDT by deks
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the private company that provides medical care to county prisoners paid $1 million in a wrongful-death settlement this year to the children of a Tampa man who spent approximately 36 hours in jail without treatment while suffering a fatal stroke.
Allen Daniel Hicks Sr., 51, was found stopped in his car on the side of Interstate 275 by a sheriff's deputy and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper the morning of May 11, 2012. Passers-by had called 911 after they saw Hicks' Chevy Cavalier swerving west into a guardrail, records of the incident show.
Speaking incoherently and unable to move his left arm, Hicks was arrested on a charge of obstructing a law enforcement officer when he did not respond to commands to exit his car. Just after noon, he was booked into the Orient Road Jail.
Hicks did not receive a medical screening, but was put in a cell where he lay facedown on the floor or tried to crawl using the one working side of his body. On the night of May 12, soaked in his own urine, his brain choked of blood, he was at last taken to Tampa General Hospital and diagnosed with an ischemic stroke. He slipped into a coma and died within three months.
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He was lucky they did not shoot him.
I live in this county. Boy this gives me a nice warm fuzzy feeling.
The cop on the scene should be fired He could evaluate a man who couldn’t speak or move his left hand.
Since “sudden confusion or trouble understanding” can be a symptom. . . I was wondering how one might be able to self-diagnose and call 911?
We saw it as a stroke and called for an ambulance. By the time he got to the hospital his speech is gone and his one side is mostly paralyzed. They don't know if it will become permanent. He was 52.
What if he had a dog with him?
"There is no doubt in my mind," she wrote, "that if plaintiff's claims were presented to a jury, plaintiff would receive a judgment against HCSO in amounts that far exceed $200,000."
With a sad article like the one above, it’s nice to hear a good report. Thanks.
If you catch a stroke within three hours there is a drug option which will reverse the impact.
Dependence on the type of stroke but there is a three hour window.
Don’t anyone make the mistake of thinking that strokes only happen to old people. I know someone who had one when he was in his 20s.
I’m pretty sure this was the same police dept. that used a hood on a guy and then pepper sprayed the hood. Ends up he is off of his meds. The police leave the hood on the man and continue to spray him while he is handcuffed to a chair. He eventually dies. It’s in the court system now to find out who is at fault for his death, several were involved. Some scary cops out there
Hold cops personally accountable? Hah! That simply does not happen.
From the article:
“attorneys for his estate say he was examined at the scene by paramedics who “found no medical problems.” The paramedics nevertheless suggested Hicks be transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, according to the complaint.”
So many to blame for this fiasco.
Where was his family during those 36 hrs? Did they know he was in jail? And i am curious as to why he had a suspended license in the past? So sad... poor guy...
-——I live in this county. Boy this gives me a nice warm fuzzy feeling.-——
I do as well.....I read the entire article..... Sadly I am not surprised at all something like happened...
The quality of our LEO and their agencies sure has gone downhill in the last 20 years...
There are 6 cops who live in my immediate neighborhood. One of them will say hi, the rest won’t even wave or say hi when you pass them. Including the one who lives right behind me.
Our house was broken into a while back. The one that says hi later stopped and asked me about it. He said he assumed it was a felony arrest and wasn’t happy to hear it was a burglary.
how times have changed.
And I'm reasonably confident that access to such a drug will be rationed under Obamacare. If you're over 50 or not affiliated with any union, community organizing group, political office, or be a member of the LGBT bunch, you'll be getting a more holistic course of treatment.
Depends on who's point of view one takes. Positive community relations among the local police and it's citizenry is a scary thing if you run a central planning government.
two aspirin will do wonders if chewed early on
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