A few weeks back, while under the influence of a mixture of things, I was passed out and approached by a law offical, when I awoke, I didn't know what was going on or who awoke me, but I got scared and starting running. Of course I was caught and handcuffed. It is OK to say, "Prob deserved it" I know my faults and go to rehab this week. Anyway, the officer took me to the hospital where I was in these cuffs for a good 4 hours, no word a lie. I asked the officer if he could please loosen the cuffs because they were hurting, mind you, I wasn't combative, in anyway, just scared as heck. The cop took a little bit of presure off the one cuff, but did nothing to the other. The next day, my one thumb felt like it was dead, no feeling in it at all. I figured it was just from the cuffs, weeks have passed and the thumb still feels like it is dead. I just want to know if this would be considered excessive force if there is dmg to my thumb when I asked for the tension to be relieved.
2007-02-05 05:49:06 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
see a lawyer
see a doctor
see the lawyer again
sue the cops
2007-02-05 05:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by pilotB 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The main thing here is not thumbcuffs or how tight they
were, how can you say this was excessive force, I mean
you need to get yourself cleaned up rehab whatever,
drug convictions are not fun, as well as the other things
that drugs actually do to your body, you cannot just
think that you can carry on, you could get caught again,
everytime you get caught the Policeman or woman will
become more stringent with you, and this has nothing to
do with the thumbcuff's I promise you......
Go to the Doctor or hospital about your thumb, and
let there not be a next time, as you did break the law.....
2007-02-06 00:41:43 · answer #2 · answered by gorglin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use of cuffs is not only for the officers safety but yours as well. What makes you think that cuffs were designed to be comfortable anyways
2007-02-06 01:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by watchman_1900 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer adequate history options. Describe an party of intense rigidity. What were the costs presented hostile to the arresting officer, if any, and change into it adjudicated? There must be a ruling on the veracity of the civil rights violation to ascertain if there change into in deed intense rigidity.
2016-11-02 09:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you were at the hospital did you complain about this to the medical staff?. If so, file a report with internal affairs for
Deliberate Indifference to a serious medical need! Report what you did and what he said.
2007-02-05 07:11:46 · answer #5 · answered by Chuck-the-Duck 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the short answer is NO you cant, how much pressure would you use when securing handcuffs anyways if it was you putting them on to someone like you and how your were acting? do you remember the officers name, badge number? the bottom line is he was doing his job and you were doing something you werent suppose to be doing, correct?
2007-02-05 06:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by DA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suck it up. Stop being a f-up and get help. Chalk it up to you being an a*s, and getting what you deserved. That you ran probably made them think you'd do it again.
2007-02-05 06:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The future:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iEs-Jmtdmdo
2007-02-05 05:51:52 · answer #8 · answered by lvillejj 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope--------cuffs will tighten on their own accord as you move about.
2007-02-06 05:20:25 · answer #9 · answered by nickle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FORGET IT. YOU WILL NEVER WIN IN COURT. IT'S NOT EXCESSIVE. IT'S MANDATORY TO KEEP YOU IN CUFFS WHILE YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL.
2007-02-05 05:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋