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1 year after officer tackled him, man is bedridden, wife is caretaker
Seattle Times ^ | 16 May 10 | Sara Jean Green

Posted on 05/29/2010 10:19:58 AM PDT by Drew68

OLYMPIA — Sarah Harris goes through the motions of her day trying hard not to think about what life was like a year ago — or what it would be like now if not for "the incident."

She feels guilty leaving the house, even if only for a couple of hours to visit her mom or sister, to run errands, or go grocery shopping. She still cries every night.

Her husband, the first boy she kissed and the only man she's ever loved, suffered a catastrophic brain injury when his head slammed into a concrete wall after a brief footchase with two King County sheriff's deputies on Mother's Day 2009. He's now confined to bed, unable to talk, walk or do anything for himself.

Christopher Sean Harris spent six weeks at Harborview Medical Center, where his family was encouraged to remove him from life support because doctors didn't think he'd ever come out of a coma. But he did, and was transferred to an Edmonds nursing home in June.

Sarah Harris, who worked as a manager for Nordstrom and dreamed of becoming a buyer for the department store, gave up her job to care for her husband.

"I loved my job, and I miss it all the time," she said. "But I knew there was no way I could go back to work and leave him alone in a nursing home all day. There was no decision to even make."

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: braininjury; donutwatch; governmentunion; leo; seiu; union; unions
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To: magellan
The cops are on the mental level of a career fry cook. Burger flippers with badges.

That is an outrageous lie! I know of one police officer who entered law enforcement because he was fired from two burger chains for being incapable of mastering the Fryolater 3000 and other such intricacies any fry cook can handle with ease.

Fry cook is a rather difficult job. Try having twenty or thirty of your friends over and fix them each what they want to eat and see how easy it is.

Revenue enhancement technician is apparently much easier.

81 posted on 05/29/2010 12:42:25 PM PDT by magslinger ("If I have money, I buy fishing gear. If I have money left over, I buy beer." - Hank Thoreau)
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To: moehoward
"Apples and bowling balls. The general atmosphere on base is infinitely more civil. Officers don't have to deal with anything near the climate they do in an insane asylum like Seattle, I live here, I know."

Well if you feel I have no credibility in this matter then feel free to ignore anything I type on this thread.

82 posted on 05/29/2010 12:42:54 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: EAGLE7
All that is necessary to be a cop is to have the same psychological profile as the people they are allegedly protecting us from, and that profile is that they consider themselves to be above the law.

And that goes quadruple for drug cops and SWAT cops.

If the glove fits...

83 posted on 05/29/2010 12:44:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: EAGLE7

Go ahead and bash me too ...

This cop was po’d about having to run after the suspect and took it out on him...


84 posted on 05/29/2010 12:46:04 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Joe 6-pack

Now, now.


85 posted on 05/29/2010 12:49:07 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Steamburg
Fumb-ducker ran from the police. Fatigue clad should have been enough of a hint, unless you are blind drunk. ********************************************

Did the police look like these jokers policing a polling place?

86 posted on 05/29/2010 12:50:40 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Drew68

Big bad kops...Tough guys...Hulk Hogan wannabes...They need to pay for a long, long time...

I wish I was on the jury...


87 posted on 05/29/2010 12:53:47 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Psalm 144
Let me be clear. The voluntary pancipation of Cinco de Quatro is mandated in all 57 states.

Fifth of Four? What is that, a Borg designation?

;^)

88 posted on 05/29/2010 12:57:51 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: EAGLE7
Hey Cop Bashers, how about giving Cops the benefit of the doubt for a change instead of pre judging them? I know I’m wasting my time. Just wanted to have my say.

You're right...You're wasting your time...What about the guys who's as good as dead???

If I'm in a dark alley with two unidentifiable thugs chasing me and someone yells, stop, police, I'll pick up the pace and try to get to safety just like the injured man did...Anyone can yell police...

They need to pay...There is no benefit of the doubt...There is no doubt...

89 posted on 05/29/2010 12:59:09 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: ChuckHam
Wow, looked like excessive force to me.

Me too! And the way they were dragging him around and rollin him over afterwards while it was apparent he was unconscious was scary too.......

90 posted on 05/29/2010 1:01:42 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
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To: grand wazoo
If the cops get caught violating laws the cop queers come out in full force to defend the police.

"cop queers" - good description of government union apologists.

91 posted on 05/29/2010 1:02:49 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: JLS
Still I will stick with what I said on this one. The cop pushed the guy toward a wall to stop him from running away from him. Such an action would not usually cause such great injury if any. The city in my mind should be libel, but it was an unfortunate incident that accidently led to great injury.

Hitting someone full speed 8 feet in front of a cement wall would usually cause no injury??? You need to get out more...

The city should be libel for allowing this type of behaviour and be libel for not bringing charges...The Kop needs to go to jail...

92 posted on 05/29/2010 1:03:08 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: EAGLE7

You seem to have a limited 4 letter word vocabulary.........


93 posted on 05/29/2010 1:06:16 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
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To: grand wazoo
It absolutely is if you are knocking them into an immovable object.

Sometimes it is hard to stop your momentum when you have been chasing a guy for 2 1/2 blocks. You are dog tired and don't know what the guy will do next. All you want to do is get him down and get the chase over.

94 posted on 05/29/2010 1:07:05 PM PDT by GreenStreak
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To: Orange1998
Just watched the video and its awful. The guy was not running away, it appears he was moving out of their way.

He had been running away for 2 1/2 blocks! He is just slowing down as he comes into camera range and the cop is still running to intercept him.

95 posted on 05/29/2010 1:08:35 PM PDT by GreenStreak
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To: EAGLE7

Just so you understand I see the kid in this article http://www.officer.com/web/online/Internal-Affairs-News/Fla-Officer-Found-Guilty-in-Coma-Causing-Crash/5$48171 almost weekly in my job ... in his case a cop was running 104mph outside his jurisdiction no lights or siren for no reason , the FHP covered up for him in the investigation .. he got a ticket in the end and is now working in another city...


96 posted on 05/29/2010 1:08:42 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: EAGLE7
"a man running from the Police "

I saw the video. You are a liar. Doom on you and your kind.

97 posted on 05/29/2010 1:09:13 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: Moonman62
The guy was clearly running from them, dropped something from his hand, moved toward the cop, and raised his hands toward the cop before he was knocked down. It's tragic that he chose to run, was positioned where he was relative to the wall, and that he was misidentified. None of which was the cop's fault.

Why did this minimum wage guy feel it so important that he had to pay a guy $60 to drive him to an alley in Seattle in the middle of the night?

98 posted on 05/29/2010 1:10:47 PM PDT by GreenStreak
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To: EAGLE7

You almost diserve to be mauled by the ‘can’t do anything wrong cops for something you did not do. Get a life and spew it on some DU thread.


99 posted on 05/29/2010 1:11:23 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: Moonman62
"The suspect was identified as such by a witness,"

What witness, a random drunk, or a friend of the real perp?

" and the suspect was fleeing."

Not in the video! He barely broke a walk.

" The officer's actions are justified. "

BS. The officer's actions were guaranteed to bust that guy's head wide open, or break his neck.

100 posted on 05/29/2010 1:16:46 PM PDT by spunkets
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