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Ignored by jail staff, woman loses arm after rough arrest
Daily Caller ^ | 01/01/2014 | Robby Soave

Posted on 01/01/2014 7:47:00 AM PST by Rusty0604

A woman has filed suit against the police department that injured her arm during her arrest and then ignored her increasingly poor medical state — eventually costing her an arm.

Needham claimed that police surprised her while she was in the bathroom, tasered her and applied arms bars and wrist locks...

Needham spent one week in Allegheny County Jail, during which she asked to see a doctor 16 times. Belatedly, she was taken to a hospital, where doctors amputated her arm at the elbow.

Needham had a minor criminal record. Earlier this year, she plead guilty to resisting arrest, simple assault and disorderly conduct.

The lawsuit alleges cruel and unusual punishment, excessive force, battery and negligence. Needham is seeking $75,000 in damages.

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KEYWORDS: brutality; donutwatch; lawenforcement; pennsylvania; policestate
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To: Rusty0604

Just got to love the *** damn state ;/


21 posted on 01/01/2014 8:22:19 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Nifster

Yeah because the cops never do anything wrong.

They never anally probe old men in New Mexico for clenching their buttocks.

They never shoot dogs.

They never sexually assault more then 25 people in Wisconsin and take more than 2 years to investigate.

Never right?

Meanwhile despite all of these abuses, ruined lives, robberies, shootings, and broken families illegal drugs are available in every town in this country.


22 posted on 01/01/2014 8:23:21 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: circlecity; metalurgist; sport

Thanks makes more sense that way.


23 posted on 01/01/2014 8:23:33 AM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: Venturer

$75,000? If I were her, I would seek $75 trillion and would not quit until I was awarded every single penny.


24 posted on 01/01/2014 8:32:40 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Rusty0604

Some day... I don’t know when, these police are going to need US. With their continued abuse and militarization, many people are going to simply look the other way, when one of them needs help.

For what could be coming, there simply aren’t enough of them to maintain order when the SHTF. Nowhere near enough. It doesn’t matter how many federally paid for armored ‘toys’ and automatic weapons they have.

They are slowly but surely bringing it upon themselves.


25 posted on 01/01/2014 8:33:36 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Nifster

The rough treatment and confinement caused Needham’s left arm to develop compartment syndrome, a medical condition in which muscle tissue is injured and swells, cutting off circulation to a compartment of the muscle.

Deprived of oxygen and nutrients, the muscle tissue in the blocked compartment dies and becomes necrotic. The damage then spreads to other tissues. Left unchecked, compartment syndrome can cost limbs and lives.

The only treatment is a surgical intervention in which the muscle’s hard coating, the fascia, is cut open to relieve the pressure and swelling. In Needham’s case, an infection invaded the necrotic tissue, which then spread throughout the arm.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/31/pittsburgh-woman-loses-arm-after-alleged-police-brutality-and-jail-neglect/


26 posted on 01/01/2014 8:38:21 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Nifster

The rough treatment and confinement caused Needham’s left arm to develop compartment syndrome, a medical condition in which muscle tissue is injured and swells, cutting off circulation to a compartment of the muscle.

Deprived of oxygen and nutrients, the muscle tissue in the blocked compartment dies and becomes necrotic. The damage then spreads to other tissues. Left unchecked, compartment syndrome can cost limbs and lives.

The only treatment is a surgical intervention in which the muscle’s hard coating, the fascia, is cut open to relieve the pressure and swelling. In Needham’s case, an infection invaded the necrotic tissue, which then spread throughout the arm.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/31/pittsburgh-woman-loses-arm-after-alleged-police-brutality-and-jail-neglect/


27 posted on 01/01/2014 8:39:23 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Nifster
Read this.

Where do you get the idea that the cuffs had nothing to do with it? Just because she is in jail doesn't mean she wasn't entitled to medical care which could have saved the arm.

Yeah, the cops never shoot into vehicles, kill dogs and tazer people instead of I don't know, talking to the person. How many times have we all seen the gestapo ordering a suspect to do something while another gestapo officer is yelling different instructions. These thugs are out of control and your attempts to blame the woman for this are contemptuous.

The cops behind this need to lose their jobs, their freedoms and their pensions and be unemployable in any type of authority role after they get out of jail.

28 posted on 01/01/2014 8:44:02 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I don’t care if she was eating human flesh!

*I* care.

I wasn't invited!

(crying)

29 posted on 01/01/2014 8:46:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

A million, maybe, but not millions! We need to rein in these ludicrous lawsuits, most of which are paid by you and me. We only know one side of the story here, and even though it sounds like she has been mistreated, we should NOT be advocates of such huge payouts. Common sense payments. She should be recompensed for the surgery and somewhat for the loss of limb. These days, the loss of limb is not a total loss of ever being able to create revenue for oneself.


30 posted on 01/01/2014 8:49:37 AM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: I_Like_Spam
Correct. I did a Quit-Claim deed for "$10 and other valuable consideration." The purpose of said wording is to throw blood hounds off the trail. It is very common in this Commonwealth.

We have a wonderful number of archaic laws. Just as a couple of examples:

  1. Marriages in Centre County are recorded in Orphan's Court documents, a leftover from illegitimate children produced by Penn State students.
  2. State run liquor stores, a leftover from prohibition.

31 posted on 01/01/2014 8:56:21 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Shery

The payout is to compensate her for the loss of her arm, not a minor inconvenience, a major problem.
Also, it should discourage the police from using gestapo tactics.

We should not have to pay for this though, it should come from the cops, that station’s budget and maybe they can stop buying military armor and vehicles.


32 posted on 01/01/2014 8:56:24 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: Vigilanteman

Speaking of state run liquor stores, are there still drive in liquor stores around these days?


33 posted on 01/01/2014 8:57:44 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: sport

I think you have narrowed it down :>)


34 posted on 01/01/2014 9:00:57 AM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.)
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To: I_Like_Spam
There is an element of federal jurisdiction under "diversity" (parties from more than one state) that requires the claimed/potential damages to be more than $75,000. $75 grand or less and the plaintiff only has recourse through a state court system.
35 posted on 01/01/2014 9:10:40 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: driftdiver

Not just dogs. How about cops shooting people in cold blood without provocation. This one was caught on tape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKqTzYDUYhE


36 posted on 01/01/2014 9:25:43 AM PST by BushCountry (Obama: The dentist told me I need a crown. I was like I KNOW, RIGHT?)
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To: Vigilanteman
Re the Orphans' Court . . . not really.

Managing the estates of orphans is one duty of what is sometimes called Orphans Court, sometimes Probate Court, sometimes Surrogates Court, sometimes Chancery Court. The names vary all over the place, more so than any other court to my knowledge.

The basic duty is to manage trusts, wills, and estates (including those of orphans). Around here, they also issue marriage licenses and pistol permits, and in smaller counties they do traffic tickets. Marriage licenses I can see (sort of a new estate) but I think they just do pistol permits and traffic tickets because of what we all know flows downhill.

37 posted on 01/01/2014 9:31:27 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: Rusty0604

It should be noted the most important thing was accomplished: All cops and jailers got home safely at the end of their shifts.


38 posted on 01/01/2014 9:33:42 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: UCANSEE2

It doesn’t matter what she was doing! Whatever it was shouldn’t have resulted in her being abused to the point of losing an arm.


39 posted on 01/01/2014 9:43:21 AM PST by pgkdan
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To: Rusty0604

Having been in her predicament in my misspent youth, I can tell you that handcuffs applied to tightly can cause nerve damage, cut off circulation, which if left on too long cause just the problem she experienced. Usually a bully with a badge thinks this is funny. The cop should be charged with whatever a good lawyer can dream up and sued along with his employer to the max. I forgot, the cop should join the ranks of the unemployed at the first possible moment. Just my 2 cents.


40 posted on 01/01/2014 9:54:23 AM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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