Comments on: Police macing victim: sorry I sued for $5 million https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/police-macing-victim-sorry-i-sued-for-5-million/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:18:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/police-macing-victim-sorry-i-sued-for-5-million/comment-page-1/#comment-28695 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:18:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7495#comment-28695 The premise for the suit is mistaken. The police are obligated to bring under control individuals who are a threat to themselves and others. It should make no difference if the offending individual is a bad ass, some alcoholic who lost control of himself, or this individual having problems with his sugar level. The only valid question is whether force was used for punishment. From the sited material, that was not alleged. It seems reasonable to assume that Mr. Burns was the strongest individual in the struggle by a wide margin, so accusations of excessive force seem to be excessive rhetoric.

What especially disturbed me was the vague suggestion that police involvement with diabetics happen all too often. This is the first case I ever heard of and I have followed diabetes science for decades. Maybe somebody has some statistics about this.

]]> By: OBQuiet https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/police-macing-victim-sorry-i-sued-for-5-million/comment-page-1/#comment-28666 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:48:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7495#comment-28666 “Things like this are not accidents”

Things like what? Mistaking being insulin shock for drunkenness while being attacked by a large, powerful bodybuilder?

I’m not saying the the police should not take responsibility for his injuries but implying that they beat a guy just because they could seems irresponsible.

]]> By: Dave D https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/police-macing-victim-sorry-i-sued-for-5-million/comment-page-1/#comment-28633 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:10:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7495#comment-28633 Personally I don’t consider the amount over the top at all. Money is all that will get the attention of either the public or government officials. When they have paid out so much that they can no longer get insurance perhaps local officials will stop accepting “everything was done according to procedure” as an excuse for the outrageous actions of their flunkies. Things like this are not accidents and should not be treated as such.

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/09/police-macing-victim-sorry-i-sued-for-5-million/comment-page-1/#comment-28557 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:09:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7495#comment-28557 One cheer for him. If he had sued for a reasonable amount to begin with, that would have been three cheers. Two would be dropping the amount down to a reasonable level now. But at least he’s done a little something…

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