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In reply to the discussion: A mentally ill man made noise in his cell... [View all]janterry
(4,429 posts)38. That was a swat team
Prison take downs are different than psych. hospitals. The shield is how you do a take down in prison when someone is combative (the guy balled up his fists and took a combative stance). He was not following a direct command (which is what you need to do, and he knew it).
In psych. hospitals, we used to do 2 person take downs all the time (I did them there as well). Hundreds. But in prison, you don't do the same thing. Force is okay in prison. But not what that guard did. That was terrible.
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Before they were finished (the original male had been kneeing him), 3 more men rushed in there.n/t
Judi Lynn
Mar 2019
#21
It still goes back to the other poster saying the women didn't have the strength
xmas74
Apr 2019
#40
I think if cops come INTO your cell to beat you up and torture you, you have every right to resist
Quixote1818
Mar 2019
#17
And it looked like a padded cell, too. Everybody knew he was ill. And then in the end ...
marble falls
Mar 2019
#18
I wondered if someone was clobbering him with a flashlight which went on accidentally. n/t
Judi Lynn
Mar 2019
#19
Reading at the link provided by janterry, he was tazed several times as well as beaten.
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2019
#26
I assume the "mentally ill" ones were the crowd that rushed into the room to beat on the poor guy.
world wide wally
Mar 2019
#29
Watch that again. 1 man, completely out of control, while 3 women have to intervene.
Kurt V.
Mar 2019
#32