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Baltimore man who called 911 for help dies after being punched by police
"A 21-year-old man died in a hospital near Baltimore on Wednesday, after an altercation with county police officers who repeatedly punched him as they responded to a call for an ambulance." He had called the ambulance for help for himself. Apparently high, and/or delusional. Once again, a family member pleads for the police to be careful, that they're going to kill him...
"They really were supposed to be there to get him to the nearest healthcare facility, Francis-Williams said.
After being questioned on the discrepancy, the police department updated its account, saying: Police originally thought the girlfriend was the caller because the information passed on to police from the dispatcher said female yelling on the phone.
You'd think Baltimore police would have learned something from the Freddie Gray killing, but then again, when they're not being held accountable for killing people in their custody, what do they have to lose? They know they can act with impunity.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/24/baltimore-man-tawon-boyd-dies-after-he-called-911
"A 21-year-old man died in a hospital near Baltimore on Wednesday, after an altercation with county police officers who repeatedly punched him as they responded to a call for an ambulance." He had called the ambulance for help for himself. Apparently high, and/or delusional. Once again, a family member pleads for the police to be careful, that they're going to kill him...
"They really were supposed to be there to get him to the nearest healthcare facility, Francis-Williams said.
After being questioned on the discrepancy, the police department updated its account, saying: Police originally thought the girlfriend was the caller because the information passed on to police from the dispatcher said female yelling on the phone.
You'd think Baltimore police would have learned something from the Freddie Gray killing, but then again, when they're not being held accountable for killing people in their custody, what do they have to lose? They know they can act with impunity.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/24/baltimore-man-tawon-boyd-dies-after-he-called-911