This makes me very sad.
From change.org
My big brother, Ethan Saylor, was a 26 year old man with Down Syndrome who died in the custody of three off-duty Frederick County Deputy Sheriffs on January 12th, 2013 over the price of a movie ticket. Our family is hurt and left with many unanswered questions. We’re calling for an independent investigation into Ethan’s death.
Ethan’s crime? He wouldn’t leave a movie theater because he wanted to see Zero Dark Thirty one more time, but didn’t pay for the second showing. When he refused to get out of the seat for the next show police attempted to pull him out of his chair and he resisted. Ethan’s aide asked the police to wait and that Ethan would calm down shortly if they left him alone. She specifically told them that touching him would just escalate the situation. They didn’t listen.
One deputy pulled Ethan from his seat and began struggling with him. Then two more off-duty deputies joined in, wrestling Ethan and trying to handcuff him. Then they “took him down,” falling in a heap with Ethan at the bottom. Witnesses say they could hear him crying and calling for our mom. Then he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. In just a few moments he was dead – eventually ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
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This is a sad story. It seems the police are getting more “paramilitary” and less “Officer Friendly”.
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I really don’t know if this a trend or just a one-off incident. Too me it seems that this is happening too often (once is too often). I am sure that the officers involved all consider themselves to be “good people” who defend the public from “bad people”. I never know what to say in cases like these, except that there is nothing good and just about accidentally killing a person with Down Syndrome who did nothing more than try to watch a movie twice.
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Agreed. They should have listened to his caregiver. I hope this family gets the review they are petitioning for.
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Unbelievably heavy handed and ignorant of a situation. Why do some police officers believe they are above the law – and above common sense. Very sad…
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