Father having asthma attack dies after being hogtied in ambulance

[Jazzy]

A father-of-one died after being tied face down on an ambulance stretcher while suffering an asthma attack.

Troy Goode, a chemical engineer from Tennessee, was filmed being wheeled into an ambulance after complaining that he couldn’t breathe.

In the video Mr Goode, who is father to a 15-month-old son, is seen tied to the stretcher as passers-by comment that ‘hogtying’ in that situation is dangerous.

One of the witnesses can be heard saying: ‘video it in case he dies’.

Goode is said to have been arrested shortly before the asthma attack after being found acting erratically while his wife was driving.

Police said they suspected he was under the influence of drink or drugs – perhaps LSD – because he kept exiting the car near a local shopping center.

Tim Edwards, the attorney for Memphis, said: ‘He was intoxicated and his wife was driving. He was acting erratically and got out of the car for reasons unknown.’

Goode allegedly resisted arrest before suffering the suspected asthma attack.

Goode was taken to a hospital and his family was told two hours later that he had died.

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In your opinion: Who's responsible for his death?

 

[DrLeftover]

Of course the police killed him, his dropping acid, and whatever else he was on, can have no bearing on the cause of death.

Right?

Of course right.


Moral of the story: You're less likely to die in custody if you don't d stupid stuff to start with.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Why did they hog tie him instead of just using zip ties for the legs and hand cuffs for his hands behind his back? Was he trying to bite people or something of that nature? But in the long run Doc is right.