Justice for Down syndrome man who died in movie theater

[Soulless65]

I remembered when this happened I felt sick to my stomach when to we as a society start holding cops responsible

Opinion: Justice for Down syndrome man who died in movie theater - CNN.com

One day last January, Robert Ethan Saylor, a 26-year-old man with Down syndrome, went to see the movie "Zero Dark Thirty." When it was over, Saylor briefly left the theater, then decided to return and see it again. The manager called security because Saylor didn't pay, and three off-duty deputies, moonlighting at the mall, came in to confront him.

According to Frederick County, Maryland, police statements, he swore at them and refused to leave. The deputies tried to remove him, despite Saylor's caretaker's warnings and pleas for them to wait and let her take care of it. What happened next is a little unclear, but witnesses say the deputies put Saylor on the floor, held him down and handcuffed him. Saylor, called Ethan by his family, suffered a fracture in his throat cartilage. He died of asphyxiation.

The death was ruled a homicide, but a grand jury failed to indict the deputies and they returned to work without charges.

 

[Jackson]

I remembered when this happened I felt sick to my stomach when to we as a society start holding cops responsible

Opinion: Justice for Down syndrome man who died in movie theater - CNN.com

One day last January, Robert Ethan Saylor, a 26-year-old man with Down syndrome, went to see the movie "Zero Dark Thirty." When it was over, Saylor briefly left the theater, then decided to return and see it again. The manager called security because Saylor didn't pay, and three off-duty deputies, moonlighting at the mall, came in to confront him.

According to Frederick County, Maryland, police statements, he swore at them and refused to leave. The deputies tried to remove him, despite Saylor's caretaker's warnings and pleas for them to wait and let her take care of it. What happened next is a little unclear, but witnesses say the deputies put Saylor on the floor, held him down and handcuffed him. Saylor, called Ethan by his family, suffered a fracture in his throat cartilage. He died of asphyxiation.

The death was ruled a homicide, but a grand jury failed to indict the deputies and they returned to work without charges.

It appears the officers were using standard operating procedures, so a homicide charge would not be appropriate. It is unfortunate that on of the officers could not see that this case was different than most and could heed the warnings of the caretaker. But that does not mean that the officers were legally bound to do so.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Something should have been done to them cops even if they had a right to do what they did. Because of them a person who was unarmed is not here anymore.

God bless you and that boy's family always!!!

Holly

P.S. And may that boy rest in peace.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Another death by bald pigs.

 

[Katzndogz]

Take it to a grand jury and let citizens decide.

Oh they did.

It is a sad, painful and unfortunate accident.