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I hope you get better care than this:
"Patient’s death after scuffle is ruled homicide" by Jonathan Saltzman and Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | March 10, 2010
The death of a psychiatric patient who scuffled with correction officers at Bridgewater State Hospital in May has been ruled a homicide, according to a death certificate that found 23-year-old Joshua Messier had suffered “blunt impact of head and compression of chest’’ while being restrained by guards.
In Massachusetts? Can't be. We are so much better than all those other redneck states and uncivilized nations.
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WTF?
They beat this kid to death and let a rapist walk right out the unguarded door, huh?
Also see: Massachusetts Justice: Building Bridges to Georgia
Oh, and Georgia had to catch him for us?
Oh, yeah, it is Massachushitts!
The homicide ruling, by the state medical examiner’s office, differs from the description offered by prison officials last spring. Spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said then, “There is no indication that there was any excessive force at this time.’’
Well, everyone knows the authorities' knee-jerk response is to lie.
Hospital records obtained by the Globe yesterday show that Messier was brought to the emergency room of Brockton Hospital May 4 in cardiac arrest, with a bruise on his forehead and cheek; dried blood on his nostrils and in his hair; ligature marks or indentations on his neck, wrists, and ankles; and a scrape on his eyebrows.
Wiffin pledged at the time that prosecutors, the State Police, and the Massachusetts Department of Correction would review Messier’s death, and yesterday she said in a brief statement that the case remains under investigation by Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz.
Ever notice when authorities break the law and commit murder it's always a long, drawn-out investigation?
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Oh, no, the cops would never do that around here .
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And he was a black man, Massachusetts.
What is with the outrageous police lies up here, anyway?
She also said “actions taken by DOC medical and security staff were done in accordance with standard procedure.’’
And a sure sign of a fascist police state.
Bridget Norton Middleton, a spokeswoman for Cruz, declined to say when she expects her office’s investigation to conclude, but said the death is “certainly something that we’re actively looking at.’’
I'm not holding my breath waiting for it, or for the Glob to follow up. They don't like to make authority or government look bad unless it serves the agenda for whatever reason.
Middleton said officials had been awaiting the medical examiner’s ruling on the cause of death; that ruling was issued Feb. 3, and a copy was obtained by the Globe yesterday.
Six weeks later.
Steve Kenneway, president of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, said he heard that Messier assaulted two officers and that other officers then helped subdue him. Messier, he said, was then placed in restraints and walked across a large yard to an indoor facility. It was there that he suffered heart failure, Kenneway said.
“It was a clean use of force,’’ he said. “The last thing we want the public to think is an inmate was murdered by a correctional officer. That’s clearly not the case.’’
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Another heart job, huh?
And I'll bet this state puke is getting one hell of a pension and health plan.
Yeah, guy is all bloody and bruised from the choke-hold the murders put on but we wouldn't want you citizens to think the state thugs murdered anyone!
Kenneway, whose association represents about 5,000 correction officers, said the medical examiner’s designation of the death as a homicide was simply a legal term to indicate that someone was involved in Messier’s death.
Well, I'm sure the kid's family and relatives will be glad to know he was extinguished over a technicality and word game.
This f***ing PoS fascist puke guard!
Guys couldn't make state or local police so they have to take their frustrations out on sick kids.
Messier was a country club attendant from Charlton who graduated from Shepherd Hill Regional High School and briefly attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was diagnosed about six years ago with schizophrenia and paranoia, said his mother, Lisa Messier.
So WHAT KIND of POISONS, 'er, PILLS did they have him on?!
Messier had been charged after allegedly hitting three staff members at the Harrington Memorial Hospital psychiatric ward in Southbridge while undergoing treatment. A judge ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, and he had been at Bridgewater State Hospital for more than a month when he died.
Bridgewater State is run by the Department of Correction and is supposed to be a “safe, secure, and humane environment to all persons requiring specialized care and treatment,’’ according to the state’s website.
No prison is!
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Oh, this lying s*** bag of a state!
Patients have been charged with or convicted of crimes and have “the potential for endangering themselves or others,’’ the site says.
Like a RAPIST WALKING RIGHT OUT the DOOR?!
Lisa Messier said she had feared for her son’s safety at Bridgewater and was devastated by his death, which occurred less than two hours after she had visited him at the hospital.
Ah, jees.
“It’s a nightmare that people have to go through this, and all my son needed was some help,’’ she said. “This shouldn’t have happened.’’
She said she was relieved when she got a call from the medical examiner’s office recently and was read a copy of the death certificate, because, she said, it confirmed her suspicions that her son had been killed. The death certificate was signed by Dr. Mindy J. Hull, a pathologist for the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
“I’m glad the truth is in there,’’ Lisa Messier said. She said she hopes someone is charged in her son’s death.
Something we so seldom get from government or the Globe.
The Messier family has retained Andrew C. Meyer Jr., a Boston personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer. Meyer has written state Attorney General Martha Coakley that the Messier family intends to file a wrongful-death suit against the state in federal court. He said in an interview yesterday that patients and relatives have told Lisa Messier that correction officers took her son “into a back room and caused him this harm.’’
Yeah, so no one could see!
“They clearly not only failed to protect him from himself - this is a boy who had mental disabilities and needed some attention - they harmed him with what appears to be extraordinary force, causing his death,’’ Meyer said.
Leslie Walker, executive director of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, called for an independent review of Messier’s death. She called his placement at Bridgewater State an example of the “criminalization of mental illness,’’ with inmates sent to the correctional facility because the mental health system has failed to help them.
Hey, we CRIMINALIZE EVERYTHING her in AmeriKa!
The PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX is ALIVE and WELL, and the TYRANNY is in place to SUPPORT IT here in the "land of the free!"
“This is a hospital,’’ she said. “He was someone who needed to be protected and cared for and made well enough to leave.’’
Oh, it was a STATE HOSPITAL, huh?
All of a sudden I want NOTHING TO DO with a STATE-RUN, SINGLE-PAYER PLAN!
Not in AmeriKa!!!!
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"‘Do it for the American people’; Obama exhorts Democrats; Historic vote today in House" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | March 21, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Obama and top Democrats appeared to be inching closer yesterday to achieving a monumental political victory when the House votes today on a sweeping health care bill, displaying nervous but increasing confidence as they attempt to overcome bitter opposition and muscle through the biggest medical coverage expansion since Medicare was passed in the 1960s.
Fittingly for such a historic vote, the edge-of-the-seat drama continued as Obama made a trip to Capitol Hill to exhort House Democrats to stand firm and stick to their principles, saying he knows it is a “tough vote’’ but that they need to remember why they ran for office in the first place.
Are you happy with the wall-to-wall MSM diversions, AmeriKa?
House leaders still were unable to confirm that they have the 216 votes needed to win passage, as abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives within their ranks continued to threaten to vote no.
“We are going to get this done!’’ Obama said, as he walked into a Democratic caucus.
In a further sign that Democrats believe they will win, they abandoned an expedient but controversial tactic for a single vote on two separate pieces of health legislation and said they would instead conduct two votes — one on a Senate bill that many House members view as objectionable and a second vote on a “budget reconciliation’’ package that contains a number of fixes to the first law.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid yesterday also delivered signatures from more than 50 senators promising to pass the fixes to the Senate bill, seeking to soothe House Democrats who feared a last-minute double cross from their colleagues on the other side the Capitol.
Yup, so you ONLY NEEDED a BILL for 51 senators which would have meant a public option and other things single-payer proponents were willing to settle for. Instead, the betraying f***ers wrote it for 60 assholes.
But they are going to "fix it," yeah. NOTHING this GOVERNMENT DOES anymore is FOR YOU, citizens.
Are all the ENDLESS LIES from WARS to WEATHER for YOUR OWN GOOD?
“After a year of debate every argument has been made by just about everybody. We’re 24 hours away,’’ Obama said. “Don’t do it for me. Don’t do it for the Democratic Party,’’ he added. “Do it for the American people.’’
So the INSURANCE COMPANIES can DO IT TO YOU!!!!
The plan, if approved by the House today, would expand coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans by mandating health care coverage, a model similar to what Massachusetts approved several years ago....
I told you, I told you, I told you. I don't like saying that!
The health care debate has gripped Washington and the nation for the past year, with town hall meetings, protesters mobilizing, and Democrats at times losing control of the debate.
Protesters yesterday stood outside and yelled at Democrats when they passed by. When House majority leader Steny Hoyer walked outside to get into a black SUV, the group started shouting “Hoyer is a liar!’’ and “Listen to the people!’’ Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank said a group shouted insults about his sexuality as he passed, and a racial epithet was aimed at Representative John Lewis of Georgia.
“I’ve faced this before,’’ said Lewis, who is black and was a leading figure in the American civil-rights movement. “It reminded me of the ’60s. There’s a lot of just downright hate and anger, and people being just downright mean.’’
If you think I am buying that crapola from those to two self-serving, agenda-pushing politicians, you are nuts!
This shows you HOW DESPERATE and UNPOPULAR the BILL is because THOSE ISSUES have had NOTHING to DO with the PROCESS or PARTICULARS of MY COMPLAINTS!!
What ASSHOLES!! What TRUE ASSHOLES, both of them!!!!!
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Oh, you have a GREAT, TAXPAYER-PROVIDED HEALTH PLANS, huh?
What is with the OUTRIGHT ARROGANCE of these people?
Sigh.
This is NOT a GAME, you f***!!!!!!!
Then the article degenerates into the abortion diversion and political ramifications for the members.
Who gives a f*** about a false issue or some politicos futures?
Pfffft!
ALL INCUMBENTS OUT no matter who they are, especially after this affront to the people!
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