Man with brain hemorrhage dies after locked in cell for supposedly being "drunk"

Man with severe brain condition died after being locked in cell for being drunk

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Mark Camm, 43, was unsteady on his feet and could barely talk because of his neurological condition. But instead of taking him to the nearest hospital, officers assumed he was drunk and disorderly and arrested him. Not once did the officers enter his cell to carry out a routine examination, preferring instead to look through the grate of the door.

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[edit on 20-11-2008 by baseball101]

Wow! seriously? police arrest a guy just 'thinking' he's drunk and don't do anything to figure out if he is or not? what happened to the police caring about the well being of citizens drunk or not?


these kind of stories about the police and their mistreatment of citizens really disgust me, i hope they get some punishment for this

The inquest heard that Mr Camm, a window cleaner, could barely talk and was unsteady on his feet because of the neurological condition when he was detained by police at an off-licence on June 17 four years ago.

But instead of taking him to a hospital officers arrested him for being drunk and disorderly.

He was assessed by a nurse who could not smell alcohol on his breath. Despite this he was slung in a cell at Wood Street police station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, as officers made rude jokes about his mental well-being.

For the next 25 hours he did not move or speak, the inquest was told.

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