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A local attorney, David McLaughlin, was having dinner with his family at a restaurant in the same Southaven shopping complex where Goode was restrained by police. The McLaughlins captured some of what transpired on video.
The video shows Goode lying face down on a stretcher. It appears that his ankles and wrists are strapped together, behind his back.
McLaughlin told the Daily Dot that he was very concerned for Goodes safety, when he saw how police were dealing with the unarmed man.
MORE: Video: [link:http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/21/widespread-panic-concert-goer-hogtied-killed-by-police-video/|
This was from a Widespread Panic concert http://www.jambase.com/Articles/125841/Man-Dies-In-Police-Custody-After-Leaving-Widespread-Panic-Concert
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)luvspeas
(1,883 posts)I will reserve judgement until the oppressors tell me what they want me to think.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)And people have their panties in a bunch because protesters DARED to speak up.
Smdh.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Love the "thought he might be on drugs" line. One of my faves.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Troy Goode was arrested following a concert in Southaven after acting strange and having taken LSD, according to police who allegedly threatened his wife and family members with arrest if they visited him in hospital
More: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/21/man-hogtied-mississippi-police-dies-wife-alleges-threats-hospital-visit?CMP=fb_us
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)that it is a white guy.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Saturday evening, Troy and Kelli Goode of Memphis headed off to a Widespread Panic concert in nearby Southaven, Mississippi. What should have been a nice night off for two young parents ended with Troy, a 30-year-old chemical engineer, loving husband and devoted daddy of a 15-month-old, being hogtied by the Southaven police, and soon after dying in their custody. One of the familys attorneys, Tim Edwards, explained the timeline of events to the Huffington Post:
The couple was driving away from the concert venue when Goode exited the vehicle near a local shopping center.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/591729/nice-white-dad-mysteriously-dies-in-police-custody-we-can-talk-police-brutality-now#46d4PLs4XrSpJ50m.99
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)The Kelli and Ryan Goode Fund
http://www.youcaring.com/kelli-goode-395627
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