[mandaladon]

Eyewitnesses also reported that police pinned the man, possibly restricting his ability to breath. Video footage appears to show the officers beating Hillstrom as well. Several witnesses said they struck him multiple times with a flashlight...............We keep seeing this more often...the cops are becoming the enemy.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Police-state ping

[lonevoice]

Tacoma, WA

[deks]

This is the second article to be added to a new list for FR . . .>>> Arrest Related Deaths

All: please add it to relevant articles. . . arrestrelateddeaths (Keyword above comment #1)
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The term is explained here by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. . .
https://www.bjsard.org/documents/ARD_Program_Brief_Description.pdf

[Monitor]

"Hillstrom died soon after being subdued."

and...

"Troyer claims the Pierce County Medical Examiner found no blows to Hillstrom's head. However, the Medical Examiner's Office said the autopsy is not complete."

Maybe he died of an overdose. You'd have to beat someone's arms, legs, and torso with a flashlight for a good long time before you'd cause enough internal bleeding for death to occur.

[bamahead]

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[apoliticalone]

The public is quickly becoming saturated with cops that overreact instead of protecting and serving. Yeah we know there are plenty of criminal low lifes out there but we also are getting weary of SWAT teams used to shoot pets and family. The media needs to follow up on these events where citizens are not “served and protected” while paying for high compensation and grandiose pensions, that most of us can only dream about at 20 years of service.

LEOs that abuse need to be charged and face a lifetime dossier when they fail to serve and protect the public. TV cop shows need to become more authentic and with less propaganda too.