Sgt. Chris Reiss can be heard on body cam footage telling Gotthelf, “Based on your suicide statements, you’re going on suicide watch.”
Gotthelf is heard denying she made any suicidal statements but there is no body cam that recorded what she may have said [earlier.]
…”You guys are nuts,” is what Gotthelf is heard saying to deputies when told she has to strip and put on a suicide smock.
…Deputies determined Gotthelf was not cooperating even though she can be seen on body cam following orders to place her hands behind her back.
According to the lawsuit, multiple deputies strapped “her into a restraint chair, and inflicting multiple pressure point pain compliance techniques, and culminating in Sergeant Reiss tasing her despite the fact she was fully retrained and could not move.”
…”That’s just sadistic,” said attorney Mari Newman, who represents Gotthelf and filed the lawsuit claiming excessive force and disability discrimination.
…”She was fully restrained, handcuffed behind her back and strapped into a restraint chair with somebody’s hands around her neck. I mean, she could not move if she wanted to and yet, they tased her,” said Newman.
The lawsuit states after Gotthelf was tasered, she was forced to remain in the restraint chair for four more hours.
Remorseless sadism.
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