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Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
Sat May 24, 2014, 11:35 PM May 2014

Meet the Woman Who Was Assaulted by a Cop For Taking Tylenol

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According to Phil Trexler of the Beacon Journal, 35-year-old mother of three Siobhan Householder was in a holding room waiting while a arrest warrant was being lifted when she reached into her purse and took a dose of prescription Tylenol, then went to take one additional pill when she was stopped by Deputy Eric Vaughan. Householder told the reporter that Vaughan demanded she spit out the medication, and she tried to tell him she wasn't able to because she had already swallowed it, when Vaughan launched himself at her, physically restraining her on the floor as he attempted to get her mouth open.

Video of the event shows Vaughan pulling her hair, cramming his fingers in her mouth, and trying to pry her jaw open. "He was pulling down on my bottom lip and squeezing my face at the same time," she told the Journal Beacon. "He basically pulled my lip away from my teeth."

By the end of the scene Householder was handcuffed in a scrum of four officers, and according to reports she was treated in the room by paramedics. Later she was taken to a hospital, and also charged with "resisting arrest and obstructing official business."

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Excessive and unprovoked police violence is becoming a growing problem in our nation. We've already seen it happen during arrests, and now, it may be spreading out to holding rooms, even when people aren't in an officer's custody. Unprovoked officer violence must be stopped. A person should not have to fear for their safety simply for taking a painkiller while waiting for a warrant to be dropped.

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Meet the Woman Who Was Assaulted by a Cop For Taking Tylenol (Original Post) Unknown Beatle May 2014 OP
Well lady, the quicker you learn that you are an enemy combatant with no rights... 951-Riverside May 2014 #1
Yay cops! liberalhistorian May 2014 #2
yay! war on drugs!! nt TheFrenchRazor May 2014 #3
No federal or even state level standards of restraint = cops with absolute power uponit7771 May 2014 #4
 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
1. Well lady, the quicker you learn that you are an enemy combatant with no rights...
Sat May 24, 2014, 11:47 PM
May 2014

and the police is at war with you the easier the beatings will be and remember, if he starts grabbing your breasts and you fight back, you will be charged with assault and a jury will convict you!



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