Was Nick Christie a law abiding citizen? Or was he a citizen that was under arrest for public intoxication? The failure of the Lee County Sheriff's Department lies in their inability to recognize that Christie had serious mental problems. He's a man that should have been Baker Acted and put in a hospital for mental evaluation. That didn't happen however because he'd already been arrested for drunk and disorderly.
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In March, 2009, Mr. Christie, 62, drove from his home in Ohio to visit his brother in Ft. Meyers, Florida. Mrs. Christie contacted LCSO when he arrived in Florida, worried about his mental health. Mr. Christie was later arrested for public intoxication on March 25.
During booking at the Lee County Jail, he informed staff of his serious health problems, including diabetes and breathing disorders, and gave information where he received the medications he took. He also authorized staff to access his medical history, and the judge at Mr. Christie’s arraignment asked for a mental health evaluation; neither was done and he was released on March 26.
Mr. Christie was arrested again on March 27 for attempting to give money away. He refused to provide any medical information to the intake clerk during a screening at 2:00 a.m. that should have taken place 12 hours before on intake, as PHS policy requires.
After a brief stay in a closed cell unit, Mr. Christie was moved to a more open unit on March 28 for detainees with mental health issues. Despite showing little signs of being a physical threat, he was sprayed with pepper spray, or oleoresin capsicum (OC), more than 12 times, restrained in a restraint chair for more than 5 hours, and sprayed while strapped naked in the chair with a “spit mask” over his nose and mouth.
Mr. Christie was not decontaminated after being sprayed, given any of his medications, or allowed food, water, or toilet facilities during this period. Guards, unregulated and unsupervised, sprayed a restrained and potentially mentally ill Mr. Christie at will. Additionally, untrained PHS staff ignored policy on physically examining Christie after each spraying, instead giving him no more than a cursory visual inspection.
Mr. Christie, his health failing, was transported to the hospital on March 29, where he died on March 31. The physician who examined him testified that Mr. Christie was “entirely covered” in pepper spray, and the coroner determined the cause of death was OC poisoning. Mrs. Christie filed the lawsuit as a result.
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Only a complete and total BITCH defends shit like this.
And, as if that isn't bad enough...... Know what happened to the PUNKS that did this?
Nothing. Not a MOTHERFUCKING THING. They're still on the Force AFAIK.
Take your head out of your ass and look around. It isn't all black and white.
And there's the case of the BLACK Cop that shot a 95 (NINETY-FIVE) year old WWII Veteran in the chest 5 (FIVE) times with a shotgun loaded with bean bags killing him.
Know what happened to him?
Nothing. Not a fucking thing.
Park Forest cop acquitted in fatal beanbag shooting of WWII vet WGN-TV
Guess those 95 year-old Veterans are some scary motherfuckers.
And the people that defend punk-ass Cops can kiss my pasty white ass
You buy the notion that Christie was arrested for "giving away money"? Christie was arrested for public intoxication. Giving away money isn't against the law. Being drunk and disorderly is.