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Why at times there's no love lost between the public and their LE:
Strapped to the 'Devil's Chair' and 'pepper-sprayed to death':
Horrific fate of mentally ill grandfather 'tortured by police until he died'
The victim, during the 43-hour ordeal
Strapped to the 'Devil's Chair' and 'pepper-sprayed to death':
Horrific fate of mentally ill grandfather 'tortured by police until he died'
Wait, what??A mentally ill grandfather died after police officers strapped him naked to a chair, smothered him with a 'spit hood' and pepper-sprayed him 10 times during a 43-hour ordeal, it has been claimed.
Nick Christie, 62, was allegedly tortured in the 'Devil's Chair' at Lee County jail after being detained by Florida police officers in March 2009 following a 'mental breakdown'.
The hood, designed to stop him from spitting at officers, meant he could not escape the noxious spray's fumes - and he was never allowed to clean the residue from his body.
His family is now suing Lee County Sheriff's Department for 'wrongful death'.
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So - officers and employees surely at least faced discipline after this disturbing matter, yes?The trouble started when Christie, who was uncooperative from the time of his arrest, became angry.
Deputies responded by directly spraying him or fogging his cell with pepper spray at least 10 times. He was never allowed to wash the spray off.
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Christie was then placed into a restraining chair to bind inmates at both wrists, both ankles, and across the chest.
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He was also stripped naked, and outfitted with a spit mask, a hood designed to prevent inmates from spitting on jail personnel.
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the rest, with pictures and an excellent Fox News video, at Daily Mail link aboveDeputy Medical Examiner Dr Robert Pfalzgraf later noted in his autopsy report that, two days after his death, brown-orange liquid pepper spray was still all over Christie's body.
Pfalzgraf ruled the death a homicide, as Christie's heart gave out due to stress from his exposure to pepper spray. An internal investigation concluded there no wrongdoing on the part of any Lee County deputy.
None of the deputies involved were disciplined in any way and Florida State Attorney Stephen Russell declined to press criminal charges.
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The victim, during the 43-hour ordeal