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The Capitol Hill police officers involved in Thursday's car chase and shooting outside the Capitol are not earning a paycheck or hazard pay due to the governments partial suspension of services.
While U.S.Capitol Police are considered part of essential services, they have not been paid for their work since Tuesday, when the partial suspension took effect.
Cry me a river. I hope they starve. No offense dude, but I hate cops.
So? Do their bullets fly differently or something?
Boner better give them their fucking back pay
meet miriam carey
obama voter
probably found out what aca was really about
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Boner better give them their fucking back pay
He put up a bill yesterday...
Where is it?
House passes bills to fund DC, parks and medical research - The Hill's Floor Action
And they worry that such headline-grabbing cases can discourage women from getting needed help if they're experiencing problems after the birth of a child. "Women need not go into secrecy if they're struggling," said William Meyer, a clinical social worker and associate professor at Duke University Medical Center. "Women who suffer from depression do not, except in really extreme, exceptional cases, ever hurt their babies, ever put their babies in harm's way."
Authorities identified 34-year-old Miriam Carey of Stamford, Conn., as the woman who was shot to death by police Thursday after trying to drive through barricades at the White House with her 1-year-old in the car. Carey's mother told ABC News that her daughter suffered from postpartum depression and at one point was hospitalized. Friday, a federal law enforcement official said Carey also had delusions that the president was communicating with her and that her condition had been deteriorating over the past 10 months. There are no details on Carey's official diagnosis or treatment.
But having delusions is not a symptom of the postpartum depression that affects anywhere from 10 percent to 20 percent of new mothers. Most new mothers have a bit of the "baby blues," occasional feelings of sadness or anxiety soon after giving birth. Symptoms of postpartum depression are more serious and last longer, and they can require treatment ranging from support groups to medication.
Symptoms of postpartum depression include lacking interest in the baby; mood swings between sadness and irritability; fatigue and lack of energy; and withdrawal from family and other interests. In severe cases, a woman may have suicidal thoughts. According to the nonprofit Postpartum Health Alliance, women also may have "scary thoughts" of something bad happening to the baby. "If it's just a case of postpartum depression, you usually don't see people hurting others or getting aggressive," stressed Dr. Ariela Frieder, a psychiatrist at New York's Montefiore Medical Center who specializes in post-pregnancy mood disorders.
More Caution urged on postpartum link to car chase
The heartbroken sisters of the Connecticut mother killed by Capitol cops after a wild car chase through Washington said Friday she was a troubled soul — not a “terrorist.” Miriam Carey had her 19-month-old daughter, Erica, in the car when police shot her and “didn’t deserve to die like she did,” Valarie Carey, who lives in Brooklyn, told the Daily News. “Deadly force was not necessary,” said the grieving sister, a retired NYPD transit police sergeant who lives in Bushwick. “They could have rammed the car or disabled the car.” “There had to be something else they could have done,” chimed in Amy Carey, a registered nurse who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “She didn’t have to die. To know a child was in the car, too, why did they shoot?”
Authorities have not said whether they were aware of the child’s presence in her mom’s leased black Infiniti. Little Erica was not hurt and was placed in protective custody, the family said late Friday. “We don’t know a lot about our niece,” said Amy Carey. “We’re told she’s safe.” She added it was unclear who would eventually get custody of the child. “We don’t know if (Erica) is going to be with us or the father. She should be amongst our family. That’s where she should be.” The sisters confirmed that Carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist, suffered from postpartum depression and psychosis and that she had been prescribed medication for depression. “But that doesn’t mean she’s crazy or that she deserved to have been killed,” Valarie Carey said.
Carey and Erica were supposed to visit them in Brooklyn this weekend, the sisters said. But they could not explain why Carey rammed into a White House checkpoint on Thursday and then led police on a lethal car chase through Washington. “Only Miriam knows exactly why she was in D.C.,” Valarie Carey said. “Unfortunately, my sister is not here to speak for herself. People are dragging her through the mud.” Family lawyer Eric Sanders said, “There shouldn’t be a rush to judgment.” “A mother is dead and whether the police actions were appropriate must still be determined,” he said.
The Carey sisters spoke out after they identified their sister’s body at the morgue — and amid reports that the doomed woman believed she was the “Prophet of Stamford” and that President Obama was bugging her Stamford condominium. Carey was so delusional that her boyfriend, Eric Francis, 54, sicced the cops on her twice in 2012, ABC News reported. But the sisters said all that was news to them. “My sister was a beautiful person,” Valarie Carey said. “She had aspirations to be a dentist. She was a loving mother with a lot to live for. I don’t want my sister demonized.” Family friend Dennis Jones also questioned whether police used appropriate protocol when they took action that left a child “motherless.”
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