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Tennessee family's lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son

A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to “inhumane acts of violence” instead of treating him, then covered up their use of deadly force.

The death of Austin Hunter Turner was one of more than 1,000 nationally that an investigation led by The Associated Press identified as happening after police officers used physical force or weapons that were supposed to stop, but not kill, people.

The lawsuit, filed this week in federal court, came after AP reporters shared police body-camera video they had unearthed with Turner’s parents, who didn’t know it existed. That footage made the family doubt the official conclusion that a drug overdose killed their son.

Citing the AP’s reporting and many of the details it disclosed, the lawsuit focused on how officers’ own video contradicted the police version of what happened inside Turner’s small apartment in the northeastern Tennessee city of Bristol.

Samvega ,

ACAB.

bravesilvernest ,
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It struck her that officers appeared to ignore they had been dispatched to a medical call. By the end, instead of rushing Turner away in an ambulance, police and paramedics spent six minutes recounting the violence.

“Gee boys, sure am glad we got this bad guy, he could’ve hurt those ladies in there with all this thrashing around! Don’t you hate when women yell annoying things like “don’t hurt him!” and “he’s having a seizure!”? They just don’t* understand what sickos like him could do to them.”

Boddhisatva ,

My late godson was epileptic. Many years ago, he was working at a local theater selling candy and popcorn. He was the only one behind the counter and the manager was selling tickets up front. A woman walked up to the manager and complained that his worker, my godson, was on drugs or something and she wanted to buy popcorn. He was having a seizure but the clueless woman decided he must be on drugs. But she was just some clueless Karen.

Now, I tell that story to demonstrate that most people don’t understand seizure disorders. I could understand, maybe (big maybe) if the cops didn’t understand. But how could the paramedics be so clueless? They were called for a medical issue. The mother, at the scene, told them he was having a seizure. Why were the cops there at all?

Samvega ,

I have heard of people experiencing the disordered cognition after a stroke being labelled as ‘drunk and disorderly’, and being detained without medical intervention. Sometimes their lack of ability to follow orders leads to them being assaulted by criminals, sorry. the ‘reasonable use of force’ by a ‘police officer’.

Aviandelight ,
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Honestly I blame tv for giving people the wrong idea when it comes to seizures. Everyone has this image of a person failing widely and dangerously but that really isn’t how most seizures play out. I can understand not recognizing one if you’ve never seen it before but once you’ve seen one there’s no excuse. The medics on this scene should have known what was happening, no excuse there. They should have their certifications revoked.

Bluefalcon ,

People wonder why I always say “Fuck All Cops,” this is why. They don’t serve their communities, or protect the innocence. They pointlessly kill citizens and protects the rich. They abuse students in all grades and walks of life. They are an outdated evil entity that needs to be reformed. Until that is done, FUCK ALL COPS!

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