Man dies after police hogtie him at Mississippi concert

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Man dies after police hogtie him at Mississippi concert

By Karen Brooks 15 hours ago

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(Reuters) - The family of a Tennessee man are asking for state and federal help after police hogtied him during an arrest at a concert in Mississippi and he later died, the family's attorney said Tuesday.

Troy Goode, 30, a chemical engineer from Memphis, died Saturday at a hospital two hours after police arrested him in a parking lot at a concert by the band Widespread Panic in Southaven, about 15 miles south of Memphis, said attorney Tim Edwards.

Goode had ingested the psychotropic drug LSD and was acting erratically, leading witnesses to call the police because they believed he was fighting with his wife, Kelli Goode, according to Edwards and a statement by Southaven police.

Police arrived at about 7:45 p.m. local time (CT) and said he was "acting strange" and running from them, the statement said. They restrained him while attempting to arrest him for disorderly conduct, Edwards said.

The statement did not specify that Goode was hogtied, but a video taken by a witness and distributed by Edwards shows a man identified as Goode face down on a gurney with his arms and legs tied behind him and his arms attached to his legs.

Goode, who has asthma, was complaining that he could not breathe while he was face down with a strap holding his head to the gurney pad, Edwards said.

His wife was not allowed to go to the hospital with him, Edwards said. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto.

He was dead before 10 p.m., Edwards said.

The Desoto County district attorney did not return calls Tuesday but defended police actions in a news conference and said the cause of death will likely be linked to heart problems exacerbated by stress and drugs, according to WHBQ-TV in Memphis.

Attorneys have asked the Mississippi Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice to preserve the evidence pending autopsy results and a toxicology report, expected next month. Edward said they will decide at that time whether to request an investigation.

Goode was a plant engineer at a local industrial supply company and the father of a 15-month-old boy.

A candlelight vigil is planned for Tuesday evening in Southaven.

(Reporting by Karen Brooks in Austin, Texas; Editing by Bernard Orr)

http://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-police-hogtie-him-mississippi-concert-224245040.html

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

Troy Goode, 30, a chemical engineer from Memphis............ ingested the psychotropic drug LSD

hmmmmmmm

Edited July 22, 2015 by charles!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

hmmmmmmm

Ashamed to say I'm from Memphis.

But still, they didn't have to hogtie him.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Sometimes I hogtie my sheep.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Sometimes I hogtie my sheep.

That's different from hogtying a human, unless yall are into that kind of stuff...

[lostinblue 1,989]

What is the definition of "hog tie" Using a zip tie ?

[Teddy B 17,251]

Sometimes I hogtie my sheep.

It's even better when the sheep hog tie you.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

What is the definition of "hog tie" Using a zip tie ?

Google hogtie and then come back and post us a picture of it please.

It's even better when the sheep hog tie you.

OMG! You guys are referring to women!!

[Teddy B 17,251]

Google hogtie and then come back and post us a picture of it please.

OMG! You guys are referring to women!!

Not me, I speak only of Spooky's fetish for sheep.

[Darnell 8,478]

Drugs Kill.

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

OMG! You guys are referring to women!!

are you suggesting women are animals?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Not me, I speak only of Spooky's fetish for sheep.

mmm hmmm

are you suggesting women are animals?

I'm reading the context here buddy...

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

I'm reading the context here buddy...

[Teddy B 17,251]

[spookyturtle 9,465]

That's different from hogtying a human, unless yall are into that kind of stuff...

I like to be hogited by hot women wearing thigh high leather boots and stiletto heels and a riding crop in their hand and.................