Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/09/airport.death/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/ 09/airport.death/index.html</a> The coroner's report is in on the woman who was taken into custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport after going into a rage when she missed her connecting flight to a rehab center. It has been said in some quarters that she was murdered or brutalized by the police. Some excerpts: "The death of a woman in custody at the Phoenix airport in September was an accidental hanging, with contributing factors including "acute ethanol and prescription medication intoxication," according to a report released Friday." "The report from the Maricopa County, Arizona, medical examiner rules the specific cause of Carol Gotbaum's death was "asphyxia by hanging." "The Gotbaum family has hired its own forensic pathologist who is conducting his own autopsy to determine how died."
Originally Posted By smeeeko I just was hearing/ watching about that on CNN.. they hadn't noticed she was intoxicated and/or depressed.. why would you leave handcuffs on in a cell anyway??
Originally Posted By peeaanuut leaving handcuffs on in a cell is a common practice. It is meant to help calm the prisoner as most would realize that if they calm down, the cuffs come off. it doesn't work on everyone, but it is quite common.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And ironically, it's also meant to protect the prisoner from him or herself. Had the police been able to see into the future and straight jacketed her they would have been criticized for going overboard. They were damned if they did, damned if they didn't.
Originally Posted By barboy "The Gotbaum family has hired its own forensic pathologist who is conducting his own autopsy to determine how died." Naturally, because if they can find an expert to come up with some viable theory as to police misconduct or some of the wall negligence claim against the aiport authority then it is payday. What a bunch of money hungry dorks.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Naturally, because if they can find an expert to come up with some viable theory as to police misconduct or some of the wall negligence claim against the aiport authority then it is payday. What a bunch of money hungry dorks." Yup. Rather than accept the woman unfortunately had a problem and was largely, if not totally, responsible for her own death (I mean, after all, she was even on a trip to seek help for her problems), let's pay a guy to tell us what we want to hear so we can sue.
