[Quietlyloud]

Video of Derek Willams in the police car before he died.

[Quietlyloud]

This is the full story here: http://fox6now.com/2012/09/25/mother...y-with-police/

[MrEzzzkiel]

I'm not saying what the cops did was OK, cuz it weren't. But can't breathe for 6 minutes? It looks like he's really faking it the first 4 minutes.

[BLACKOUTx4500x]

What a horrible way to go, to slowly suffocate to death with two people who COULD help you but don't. I'm sure he did something to piss off the cops and make them not believe him, but still, what a shitty way to go!

[docfr8]

That sucks... Too bad

[seven2heaven]

That is terrible. Why exactly couldn't he breathe?

[michmi]

Originally Posted by seven2heaven ↗

That is terrible. Why exactly couldn't he breathe?

He had sickle cell disease, so he was having a sickle cell crisis.

What a horrible way to die.

Four patterns of an acute sickle cell crisis are now recognizable. They are based on the part of the body where the crisis occurs.

Bone crisis: An acute or sudden pain in a bone can occur, usually in an arm or leg. The area may be tender. Common bones involved include the large bones in the arm or leg: the humerus, tibia, and femur. The same bone may be affected repeatedly in future episodes of bone crisis.

Acute chest syndrome: Sudden acute chest pain with coughing up of blood can occur. Low-grade fevers can be present. The person is usually short of breath. If a cough is present, it often is nonproductive. Acute chest syndrome is common in a young person with sickle cell disease. Chronic (long-term) sickle cell lung disease develops with time because the acute and subacute lung crisis leads to scarred lungs and other problems.

Abdominal crisis: The pain associated with the abdominal crisis of sickle cell disease is constant and sudden. It becomes unrelenting. The pain may or may not be localized to any one area of the abdomen. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may or may not occur.

Joint crisis: Acute and painful joint crisis may develop without a significant traumatic history. Its focus is either in a single joint or in multiple joints. Often the connecting bony parts of the joint are painful. Range of motion is often restricted because of the pain.

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/s...-crisis?page=2

[verizonvoyajerk]

Fucking idiots. How could you let that happen.

[kellyhound]

bet they couldn't care less

[imtoxic]

That's awful to watch. It's mostly awful because his death could've been prevented. If he was faking it in the beginning, which I obviously doubt, they still could've called the EMTs. They would've known whether he was in real distress or not and since he obviously was, his life could have been saved. Watching towards the end is just sad....he's twitching or jerking and all the normal stuff that would happen when your body is fighting to survive. Just sad.