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Postby sunglasses » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:50 pm

So, according to the police report a man named Freddie Gray was arrested "without force or incident" for having a switchblade knife and suffered a medical emergency.

That medical emergency was 4 crushed vertebre, a damaged larynx (per the family's attorney), and an 80% severed spinal cord (confirmed by AG).

How does that happen from point A to point B?

He apparently was in police custody for 30 minutes to an hour when EMS was called. An investigation is ongoing. DOJ is involved, per Baltimore's request.

Apparently, it's rare for a spinal cord to become severed. Most spinal cord injuries are from some sort of trauma. To give you an idea of the force required for this injury-half of spinal cord injuries are caused by car accidents.

The long and short of it? This didn't "just" happen. I only hope we can find out what actually happened to this poor man, at the very least for his family's sake.

Rodriguez said police "have no physical, video or any other evidence of an altercation" that would result in Gray's injuries.

"The question is how and why, and more importantly if there is anything contributory from our agency, how can we prevent that?" he said. "We're not there yet but we will get there."


Wait, is he saying "pics or didn't happen?"
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby iMURDAu » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:18 pm

Official police statement:

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby MisterKrinkle » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:26 pm

Well we can't just having people running willy nilly in their neighborhoods! Odds are they're doing something illegal, might as well arrest them to save time! You don't want the terrorists to win do you?!



Now, an unrelated public service announcement. When you're strolling about your neighborhood within sight of police officers, jogging and/or any form of movement besides "not resisting" is highly discouraged.

This announcement has been brought to you by Kirkland Bacon!(because irony)
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby DjiboutiDan » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:07 pm

Although it is very rare, the spinal cord can just randomly sever itself from as little as twisting your back. It usually only happens in the extremely elderly. I found this out while researching spinal cord injuries when I slipped on the ice and landed directly on my spine. This happened back in February and I'm still experiencing some pain from it. Finally going to see the doctor on Friday.

Damaged larynx? That probably required some trauma. Either that or two ultra-rare, extremely unlikely injuries happening at the same time.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:14 pm

The average Baltimore Cop:
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby sunglasses » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:22 pm

But...but Eric, no one got shot.

DjiboutiDan, I am aware of that small percentage of idiopathic injuries. However, the damaged cord viewed in conjunction with the broken vertebre and damanged larynx drives me to a very troubling conclusion.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Arkyle » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:25 pm

sunglasses, all I can offer is a concilatory toast and a recognition that humanity is seriously shitty at times.

Oh, South Africa can provide lessons on how to hold REAL demonstrations! ;) No seriously, this cop violence seems to be getting out of control. Does the law really care that little?
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby MisterKrinkle » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:36 pm

Arkyle wrote:Does the law really care that little?

Please refer to iMURDAu's post for an answer to this question.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Arkyle » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:44 pm

*sigh*

Any ideas on how to change that?
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Deathclaw_Puncher » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:01 pm

sunglasses wrote:But...but Eric, no one got shot.


I was going for the general mentality of cops like this.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Matthew Notch » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:05 pm

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby DamianaRaven » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:26 pm

Arkyle wrote:Any ideas on how to change that?


I think we're going to need a REAL demonstration - perhaps one where we visit the tire yard and go all South African on their asses?
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Cordslash » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:08 pm

DamianaRaven wrote:
Arkyle wrote:Any ideas on how to change that?


I think we're going to need a REAL demonstration - perhaps one where we visit the tire yard and go all South African on their asses?


Oh man, necklacing. That's a very very different way of conducting street politics.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby sunglasses » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:11 pm

Cordslash wrote:
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Arkyle wrote:Any ideas on how to change that?


I think we're going to need a REAL demonstration - perhaps one where we visit the tire yard and go all South African on their asses?


Oh man, necklacing. That's a very very different way of conducting street politics.


Can we please not promote violence in response to this?
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby DamianaRaven » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:20 pm

I was only kidding about the violence, but something's got to give. We can't just keep sitting around and talking about how unacceptable it is for police to terrorize and murder its citizens... innocent or otherwise. I guaran-goddamn-tee you that if the civilian public organizes a protest against the police, it will NOT be us who resort to violence!
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