girl suffers seizure , cops know that. Still they put her in choke hold, push her about & slam her

[Demovictory9]

When police and fire crews arrived, Michelle was still suffering from memory loss following her medical episode and she didn’t want anyone to touch her. Video shows a female officer eventually place Michelle in a chokehold and then taking her to the ground.

"She was walking around on the inside of the building and that’s when the two officers appeared, and she was trying to walk to the bathroom and that’s when the female officer grabbed her and put her hands around her neck. She pushed her into the cash register counter and into the wall three times, all while having her hand around her neck" said Michael Cummings.

He says they told the officer many times that she was a minor, and that she was having a seizure. Her father says he pleaded with the officers to let her gather her bearings. When Michelle came back into her right state of mind, she only knew what happened from the bruises left on her body and after watching the videos.

"She had bruises on her arm, and then there were bruises on the side of her face," said Michael Cummings.

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/exclusive-video-shows-sugar-land-police-place-teen-who-just-suffered-seizure-in-choke-hold

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Once again we call the cops for a medical emergency.

[RandiFan1290]

3. In poor neighborhoods the cops show up before the ambulance.

Many are reluctant to call because they don't want to be harassed by the police.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. If cops show up at all. I don't know how we can do it, but at...

some point we have to deal with those emergencies that aren't criminal.

[iluvtennis]

6. Police orgs can be updated to include special officers to handle mental health, drug induced

weird behavior, etc. That specialist officer can help with deescalation and get medical help there when required.

Some of the federal gov't funds to being given to aide police departments should be used for these specialist officers.

Just my thoughts.

[sakabatou]

2. WTAF?!

[CarmanJohn]

5. Seizure Disorder??

Sure sounds like it. I went into seizure driving to work in February caused and involved in an accident. Thank God no one was seriously injured. However a Officer was there asking questions, I couldn't tell him my name. Thank God someone was there to explain to him that I was in Seizure or God only knows what would have happened.
Way to many times violence by law enforcement is the answer to a medical episode because their Training doesn't include different Medical conditions and ways to reply to them. So they misunderstand the situation and reply with violence.
If, as an officer, you don't understand what's going on, find someone who does BEFORE you resort to Violence.
Sorry, it angers me.

[Demovictory9]

12. You are lucky. Others assumed to be drunk, get immediate punishment in form of beating

[Ziggysmom]

7. Instead of giving officers medical training, we give them military grade tactical weapons!

Many police have little medical training other than the required basic CPR.

[DFW]

8. It sounds like Sugarland needs to drop a few officers from its police force

Preferably from 3000 feet without parachutes.

[sop]

9. Police departments don't hire bright bulbs of intellect to deal with the public, they hire brutes.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. FTP.

[The Jungle 1]

11. America will you admit we have a police and justice problem?

Nothing will happen to the officers involved.
We must end qualified immunity.