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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan with asthma dies after being hogtied by police
Last edited Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:38 PM - Edit history (1)
A Tennessee man with asthma died after being hogtied and placed facedown on a stretcher by police following a Widespread Panic concert in Mississippi.
"A witness heard him tell police that he could not breathe," Memphis attorney Tim Edwards told The Huffington Post on Monday.
Edwards is representing the family of the dead man, whom he identified as Troy Goode, a 30-year-old chemical engineer and married father of one from Cordova, Tennessee.
According to Edwards, Goode and his wife attended a Saturday concert in Southaven, Mississippi. The couple was driving away from the concert venue when Goode exited the vehicle near a local shopping center.
"A witness heard him tell police that he could not breathe," Memphis attorney Tim Edwards told The Huffington Post on Monday.
Edwards is representing the family of the dead man, whom he identified as Troy Goode, a 30-year-old chemical engineer and married father of one from Cordova, Tennessee.
According to Edwards, Goode and his wife attended a Saturday concert in Southaven, Mississippi. The couple was driving away from the concert venue when Goode exited the vehicle near a local shopping center.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/man-dies-hogtied-by-mississippi-police_55ad3ed7e4b0d2ded39f9812
The saddest fact is that bystanders called this case, having been recorded saying "Record this just in case he dies"
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Man with asthma dies after being hogtied by police (Original Post)
Lancero
Jul 2015
OP
Blanks are 21 times more likely to be shot even though they carry less weapons
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#6
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)1. "I can't breathe" where have we heard this before?
Say his name. Eric Garner.
#blacklivesmatter
onecaliberal
(32,916 posts)2. Asthma. Please edit.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)3. WTF is "Ashema"?
I'm a hypochondriac and I wanna know if I have it or not.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)4. Cops kill white guys, too. Like this one.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)5. Yes, but
if we can fix the police violence against non-white races then by default we will eliminate violence against Caucasians.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)6. Blanks are 21 times more likely to be shot even though they carry less weapons
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)9. Cops still kill white guys, too. It's not just a problem of racism.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)10. The rates of shootings are not the same... Not even close
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. omg
Uncle Joe
(58,445 posts)8. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, Lancero.