Florida Officer Under Fire For Dragging Mentally Ill Woman By Her Ankles


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The family of a Florida woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder has slammed the police department for dragging her down the hallway by her ankles during a court hearing earlier this week.

 

Twenty-eight-year-old Dasyl Rios was in court for a hearing about her mental diagnosis. As Rios sat on the bench outside the courtroom, she was ordered to walk with Broward County Sheriff

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Better to put her in a wheelchair or on a gurney with restraints if necessary, but if here aren't any, and a squad isn't quickly available, it's carry or drag her to a location where she can't bother or harm someone else.

Better than stunning, shooting or piling on her with the real risks they present.

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Police brutality is out of control. These scumbag cops need to be punished. They think they are above the law.


Better to put her in a wheelchair or on a gurney with restraints if necessary, but if here aren't any, and a squad isn't quickly available, it's carry or drag her to a location where she can't bother or harm someone else.

Better than stunning, shooting or piling on her with the real risks they present.

The only risk here was the cop. I love how the police's 'shoot and punish first' attitude is defended here.

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Police brutality is out of control. These scumbag cops need to be punished. They think they are above the law.

The only risk here was the cop. I love how the police's 'shoot and punish first' attitude is defended here.

Try this: she goes manic and injures another prisoner, a member of the republic or a court officer. Now the cop and his employer are on the hook for liability lawsuits.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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Try this: she goes manic and injures another prisoner, a member of the republic or a court officer. Now the cop and his employer are on the hook for liability lawsuits.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

He didn't try to talk to her or calm her down. She's a mental patient, if anythig she deserved even more compassiosn and understanding. There were other deputies, they could've tried to talk to her, or her family. I guarantee none of them tried to, because they are police and can do what they want and like abusing their power.

 

However if you believe the police version of incidents like this (where they are known to lie) then you'll justify their actions.

 

There is NO justification for dragging a mentally ill (or not) person down the hall. Even if she had to be forcible removed, which is a stretch, they could've put her in a chair and 2 officers could've carried her.

 

It's more like 'I can do whatever the hell I want to you because I'm a cop'

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He didn't try to talk to her or calm her down. She's a mental patient, if anythig she deserved even more compassiosn and understanding. There were other deputies, they could've tried to talk to her, or her family. I guarantee none of them tried to, because they are police and can do what they want and like abusing their power.

However if you believe the police version of incidents like this (where they are known to lie) then you'll justify their actions.

There is NO justification for dragging a mentally ill (or not) person down the hall. Even if she had to be forcible removed, which is a stretch, they could've put her in a chair and 2 officers could've carried her.

It's more like 'I can do whatever the hell I want to you because I'm a cop'

What do you think nursing staff does if this happens on a hoapitals mental health unit? We call security who restrain the patient and stuff like this might happen in the process. What annoys me is people that blame the police just because. Sometimes the police are dead wrong, sometimes they are right. I don't see the issue here.

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A bit inaccurate the title watched the video and she is being dragged by her ankle cuffs not her ankles most likely alot more painful

 

reminds me of that story a few months back where the officer decided to push some lady into the cell and she knocked her teeth out against the concrete bench

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What do you think nursing staff does if this happens on a hoapitals mental health unit? We call security who restrain the patient and stuff like this might happen in the process. What annoys me is people that blame the police just because. Sometimes the police are dead wrong, sometimes they are right. I don't see the issue here.

^^ This. We had 450 general beds, a very busy ER and 3,000 psychiatric beds. When psych patients needed medical care they came to the general hospital, and they sometimes often misbehaved.

As sidroc said, the staff does whatever is required to remove them to a controlled space ASAP. Sometimes that means dragging them.

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I wish I was surprised by a story like this but sadly I'm not. How any decent human being could think this is appropriate astonishes me. Such treatment is degrading and utterly inappropriate, especially when we're talking about someone with mental health issues.

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