MENTALLY ILL WOMAN TASED TO DEATH WHILE SHACKELED, BEATEN, AND HANDCUFFED
Natasha Mckenna, a mentally ill woman who died after a stun gun was used on her at the Fairfax County jail in February, was restrained with handcuffs behind her back, leg shackles and a mask when a sheriff’s deputy tasered her four times, incident reports obtained by The Washington Post show.
Six members of the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, dressed in white full-body biohazard suits and gas masks, arrived and placed a wildly struggling 130-pound McKenna into full restraints, their reports state. But when McKenna wouldn’t bend her knees so she could be placed into a wheeled restraint chair, a lieutenant delivered four 50,000-volt shocks from the Taser, enabling the other deputies to strap her into the chair.
Minutes later, she stopped breathing. Days later, she died.
The truth is, though, that police have been covering up the real details on Natasha’s death for months. And, even after all of this, police are not quite clear on why Natasha McKenna was even jailed in the first place. On the day she was arrested, she had actually called the police herself to report being assaulted and appeared to be struggling mightily with mental illness before she bounced around between hospitals and jails for days.
Nothing has happened to the officers yet.
#StayWoke
Ad Campaign by Amnesty International Switzerland
Switzerland are always forward thinkers.
this is one of the most humbling ad campaigns i’ve seen.
This is amazing
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Ironically, the people who insist on saying ‘All Lives Matter’ don’t realize that the goal of saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ is to eventually make ‘All Lives Matter’ a true statement.
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I know this is supposed to be funny, but does it horrify anyone else that social media is being used by employers to monitor how happy we are to be slaves to capitalism and if we aren’t 1000% enthusiastic about having to work, you’re immediately terminated? He says “Good luck with your no money, no job life” but the implication is pretty clear–”Good luck starving to death because you didn’t live to serve me/my company”
So if you express a feeling about your job/working/capitalism on your own social media space that doesn’t please your employers, you’re punished.
Holy fuck
This is some dystopian shit right here
This is actually illegal in the US, by the way.
There’s a thing called the National Labor Relations Act that protects your right to complain about your job (the reasoning being if you can’t complain you can’t find other employees with similar complaints to start a union with).If this happens to you, you should file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.
Source:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/01/complaining_about_your_job_on_facebook_the_national_labor_relations_board.htmlAnd:
http://mynlrb.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4580e8c5f4
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Fairfax County, VA
Natasha McKenna was fully restrained when 6 officers tased her 4 times back in February. Natasha was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 12 and all 6 officers were fully aware of her mental health history and her deteriorating mental state at the time of her murder.
Despite all of this, Natasha’s murder has been ruled an “accident”.
This was no accident. Natasha McKenna was deliberately tortured and executed. The 6 officers responsible for killing Natasha still have not been named and are still on duty. Everyone involved in the killing and cover-up MUST be held accountable.
- Click here to let Sheriff Stacey Kincaid know how you feel about the cover-up of the murder of Natasha McKenna. Sheriff Kincaid is in charge of the 6 officers who murdered Natasha.
- 703-691-2131: Call Fairfax County Sheriff’s office’s non-emergency line and let them know how you feel about the cover-up of the murder of Natasha McKenna.
- Click here to file a citizen’s complaint in the murder of Natasha McKenna.
- 703-246-3251: Demand the public release of the video of police torturing and executing Natasha McKenna. Call in requests to Lt. Steve Elbert.
- sheriff@fairfaxcounty.gov: Email the Fairfax County Sheriff’s office and let them know how you feel about the cover-up of the murder of Natasha McKenna.
The last known words of Natasha McKenna were:
“You promised you wouldn’t hurt me!”
