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Kay wrote on Feb 8, 2008 10:26 AM:
New sign for outskirts of Coquille:
Only those with strong bones doth enter here.
Brittle Bones Beware!
Perfect.
Only those with strong bones doth enter here.
Brittle Bones Beware!
Perfect.
aghast! wrote on Feb 8, 2008 9:54 AM:
The fact that Foster has survived this long belies any claims to 'brittle bones' or previous injuries, not that that is the point. Nor is it the point that 'hundreds' of other arrest resistors must NOT have had 'brittle bones' or they too would have had their necks broken by this ridiculus reasoning. And, so far, there is no evidence that Foster resisted arrest. NONE. Only the word of two cops who clearly used excessive force.
Kay wrote on Feb 8, 2008 9:36 AM:
I have always lived in small towns, over my lifetime, seven of them, all small, rural communities. I am over 60 years old. NEVER, ever, have I seen this level of anger, resentment, fear and charges lodged against a local police department. There HAS to be something going on here folks. Do you see the Bandon police being labeled like this? Reedsport, North Bend, Coos Bay? NO YOU DO NOT. There is something wrong here, and just because you never left Coquille, doesn't mean the world hasn't moved forward. Show me another community in Southern Oregon with this many charges leveled at their local police dept. This is serious, too frequent, and it HAS TO STOP. I would think every citizen of a community would question WHY this dept., above all others has this problem. Aren't you even curious?
citizen 1 wrote on Feb 8, 2008 9:20 AM:
Out of hundreds of resisting incidents, this is the first one where the person was hurt that bad-hello this man had issues before the officers did nothing different in this case, just because of the man's brittle bones or already hair cracked fracture these officers have to be treated like this, that is criminal. Before you go and shoot your mouth off about these professional, honest officers, why don't you get to know them, go on a ride along, or stop and talk to them. They don't deserve this treatment over one criminals stupidity.
JJrunner wrote on Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM:
I suppose comments are enabled so the same posters can keep saying the same things over and over again, the same comments they posted before about this incident. If you wait a bit, I'm sure someone will work the LNG debate into this section too!
Shusli wrote on Feb 8, 2008 7:15 AM:
I can't for the life of me understand why "comments" are enabled on an article about an injured man's condition.
magix wrote on Feb 7, 2008 5:45 PM:
While Foster may not now require the same level of monitoring that he had previously it is important to note that some things will NEVER improve for him. To illustrate this point, Christopher Reeves who lived an unheard of nine years after his accident had a C5 break and was ventilator dependent the entire time. Carl Foster has a C2 break, higher and several orders of magnitude worse than Reeves. Improvement is a relative thing and marked in baby steps. His life will never be the same.
Concerned Nieghbor wrote on Feb 7, 2008 5:37 PM:
This is not the first time these officers have used excessive force. Yes I said excessive. An officer should be trained in a menner that enables him to restrain a person without breaking his neck. The fact that these officers are back on the job is criminal. The Coquille police department has been under fire for harrassment charges from the local residents and the problems seem to be getting worst. The department needs to take a good hard look at the functionality and realize that there is an internal problem before someone gets killed. Protect and serve is the slogan but it seems that harrass and hurt might be more fitting.
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