Police 'threatened to break drugs suspect's arm'

[paulnolan]

Police threatened to break a man's arm shortly before he went into cardiac arrest and died during a drugs search, a inquest has heard.

Habib Ullah, 39, of Slough, Berkshire, was part of a group searched as they sat in a car in High Wycombe in 2008.

During the search he had breathing problems and later died in hospital.

An officer shouted "break his

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[paulnolan]

Even when they were forcibly restraining him and shoving their hands in his mouth, thus likely knocking the cocaine down there in the first place?

[hotcoffeems]

A package of cocaine was found in his windpipe and another was retrieved from his colon.

Presumably he'd already swallowed the one package, some time before. Unless he had, uh, gotten that package into his colon via the other route. Which also would have had to be done before the altercation with the cops?

I suppose the question now is what did he die of? If either of the packages leaked, that pretty much would do it.

But...An officer shouted "break his arm" What the HELL?!

[sashwizzled]

While the breaking his arm part is worth a hell of a lot of side eyeing/every possible repercussion to the officers involved, I can say with conviction that the cocaine stuffed in his windpipe would have had a lot to do with the choking to death part.

[haruhiko]

LMAO

More than five pigs to restrain one man with a bystander at the scene loudly pointing out that the man is turning blue, and yet the first two comments are police apologism. @_@

[paulnolan]

Depressing, isn't it? Although not entirely unexpected... ONTD_P is getting ridiculous lately.

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[ididthatonce]

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[ididthatonce]

P.S. I'm totally wrapped in a Spongebob blanket right now who makes it even better.