Arrgghh! What happened to the body I put in this article?
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit claiming Maricopa County officials have violated the rights of a quarantined tuberculosis patient for months by treating him like a criminal.
The U.S. District Court complaint filed Wednesday on behalf of Robert Daniels alleges that health officials and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have violated numerous constitutional rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The suit seeks what it calls appropriate accommodations for Daniels, rather than severe and “inhumane” jail conditions.
“It’s good news for me,” Daniels said Wednesday evening. “I finally have a chance to get out of this black hole.”
Robert England, the county’s tuberculosis control officer, declined comment.
Daniels, 27, is under a court order and has been isolated in a jail ward at Maricopa Medical Center for 10 months, although he was not convicted or charged with any crime. Linda Cosme, an attorney for Daniels, said her client has been victimized by constitutional violations.
The All Commie Lawyers Union seems to value the rights of criminals over the rights of victims and law-abiding people
He is free to leave as soon as he signs the consent to voluntary incineration form.
This selfish creep doesn’t care if he kills scores of others as long as he has his freedom.
What’s the problem? Do you think the government should be able to detain you for the rest of your life without so much as a trial? We are talking about the gov’t folks. The same people who run the post office and the DMV. Are you really sure they are focused on making sure that they are only detaining you as long as necessary? Are you comfortable that if they order you detained that they won’t just forget about you?
They ended up having to put him in a hospital room under 24 hour guard at taxpayer expense. They were paying sheriff's deputies hazardous duty pay to guard him.
He told me the deputies were under orders to use any force necessary to prevent him from leaving the room, and that the deputy was not required to put his own health in danger by grappling with the patient.
The guy apparently got the message when he tried leaving the room and the deputy drew his gun and told the guy to back away from the door or he would shoot. Starring at the wrong end of a .45 was apparently the proper motivation that he needed.
From what I can find the headline is wrong. They are not fighting to get him released.
The ACLU is absolutely right. This man should be in a hospital. The police have absolutely NO right to hold this man without a trial. He broke no law.
This IS NOT the same man that went to Europe with DR TB. This is a man in Arizona who has been held in a jail cell for 10 months rather than taken to a hospital or a tuberculosis facility like a sanatarium
I am not suggesting he shouldn’t be quarantined, but there is not one good reason why he should be stuck in some prison. He can be properly quarantined in a hospital or proper medical facility much better.
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The ACLU has fought to expose the public to murderers, drug traffickers, and child pornographers. So no one should be surprised.
So which side should the ACLU be on? When its individual rights they never step up like second amendment cases. They always jump on CIVIL which is communal rights, yet here the person is a threat to the Civilian population and they jump all over to protect his INDIVIDUAL rights?