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Date of posting:	2010-01-29 09:02:33
Page Views:	114
Dispute with:	A Government Organization
Amount:	I just want Justice
Description:	In Dec 2009, I was arrested, charged with PI, resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. I was suffering a blackout caused by low blood sugar. I am a type 2 diabetic on an insulin pump, which I was wearing at the time. I alos was carrying 3 seperate diabetes alert cards in my wallet. I was never aware of the officers presence and have almost total amnesia during the hours in which this drama played out. I was dragged from my car, which was parked on my brother's property at the time of the incident. I was savagely beaten, pepper-sprayed, handcuffed and taken to jail as being drunk. I had NO alcohol to drink, yet one officer said he smelled it on my breath, while another said he didnt in seperate interviews. I demanded during my blackout to be taken to the hospital, which the county jailers respected and did. When I was somewhat back to my senses, I tried to explain to the officer with me that I was diabetic but he just kept shouting at me to sit down and shut up. All I wanted was for him to get the doctor to come and take my blood glucose level, He then proceeded to taser me instead. I was then returned to the jail and led into a drunk tank to spend the rest of the night. At my trial for the charges , no one wanted to hear my side of the story. I finally plead guilty since it appeared that my fighting it seemed fruitless as the officers were going to be believed and I wouldnt. Un fortunately I had no witnesses. I want to know, do I have a case against the officers for their assault on me and subsequent arrest , as well as illegal incarceration ?
Zipcode:	37620
City:	Bristol
State:	Tennessee

Comments

Randy Wood

3 weeks, 3 days ago It's just a sad thing that diabetics or any one else should be subjected to being beaten , pepper-sprayed and tasered like some kind of animals because of this ridiculous mind-set of the police anywhere. An unarmed person simply doesnt deserve to be treated that way. You can't win in court based on truth alone. The police view of the incident is taken as gospel and won't be refuted. Even cops can make mistakes.....

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Black Jesus	3 weeks, 3 days ago It's common for keytones to be produced in the GI tract during insulin shock, which can be smelt by anyone who can smell your breath. Keytones are created by reacting alcohols in a lab (there's alot more to it and this is very simplified) so it is reasonable that he could have thought he smelt alcohol on your breath and a breath test might have said the same thing.

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	1 month, 1 week ago You pled guilty. You can't change your mind now. This is a matter of res judicata, meaning the issue has already been decided. You should have talked to a lawyer before you made your plea.

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