The Death if Timothy Souders

Scott Pelley On The Plight Of The Mentally Ill Behind Bars
July 22, 2007
from CBSnews.com


You wouldn't imagine these days that a mental patient could be chained to a concrete slab by prison guards until he died of thirst, but that’s how Timothy Souders died and he is not alone.

Souders suffered from manic depression. And like a lot of mental patients in this country, he got into trouble and ended up not in a hospital, but in jail. It was a shoplifting case and he paid with his life.

As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, no one would have been the wiser, but a medical investigator working for a federal judge caught wind of Souders' death and discovered his torturous end was recorded on videotape. The tapes, which are hard to watch, open a horrifying window on mental illness behind bars.

Clip showing the death of Timothy Souder and commentary

God save the mentally ill from the sick cops-Another taser/abuse death

I'm guessing that this man was having mental, emotional or some sort of altered state. The mentally ill are getting he worst of this. No compassion allowed.
Another big reason I cannot work with these bullys.

Lex
entire article here;


[. . . ]Another woman recounted to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette what she saw after four officers forced Thomas to the ground. "'They killed that man. They killed him. They killed him,' she added, her hands trembling. The woman said she saw one officer stomp on Mr. Thomas's upper back, holding his foot there while the subject lay on the sidewalk with his head hanging over the curb. Another officer 'reared back and punched him in the head with all his might,' she said."

Thomas vomited, then lay motionless. An ambulance arrived and he was was treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel. Police allege Thomas was conscious at the time, but he was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital.

Taser Death- Teen Tased for 37 seconds Dies

I have no background on this incident but looking at the video reveals no threatening motions by the 17 year old that would justify delivering a solid 37 second jolt to his sternal area.

What was he electrocuted for? Being a smart ass?