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Source: RawStory.com
Pittsburgh woman loses arm after alleged police brutality and jail neglect
By David Ferguson
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 9:52 EST
A Pennsylvania woman lost an arm due to injuries she claims were inflicted on her by sheriff’s deputies and ignored by jail staff. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Amy J. Needham, 35, filed suit in Allegheny County Court on Monday after events in April of this year left her arm amputated above the elbow.
Needham was arrested on a warrant in April because she failed to appear at a preliminary hearing on charges of simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Her attorney told the Post-Gazette that the woman was using the bathroom when sheriff’s department officers broke down the door, shocked her with a taser and bound her in wrist and arm restraints that were too tight.
The rough treatment and confinement caused Needham’s left arm to develop compartment syndrome, a medical condition in which muscle tissue is injured and swells, cutting off circulation to a compartment of the muscle.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/31/pittsburgh-woman-loses-arm-after-alleged-police-brutality-and-jail-neglect/
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