questions about this case in kansas? Pertaining to the video tapes?

Not in all cases where there is no reason to suspect that anything is wrong. But certainly in the case you are citing if she said she needed attention they should have take her immediately even before she was taken to the station. The problem is that many of our hospitals are overcrowded and by taking in people for examination who do not need it. Then others who may be a lot worse off are made to wait. Also that would tie up two officer for probably at least another two hours when they could be out making the streets safer.

Wow! I can't believe things like this happens. The girl should have been taken to the hospital right away. I don't think a medical evaluation should always be done first because that would be an unnecessary expense but if a person is complaining they should be brought immediately. I don't blame the girl for suing the police.

The situation at hand is that the police officers were in power, and they exercised power over good judgement. For all the anti-abortion folks, they should be calling for these guys heads on sticks. But I think the reality of this is a couple of totally insensitive human beings on a power trip. Happens more often than we hear. Sad, but true.

I saw that on the news and it was pitiful she kept begging for help. I honestly could not believe it. She should sue them for manslaughter. They killed her baby. An ambulance should been called before they INSISTED she get into the squad car.

Quite frankly I believe that officers of law get hardened and so use to being lied to that they tend to disreguard anything a suspect is saying, for all they knew she was just having her period and looking for an excuse not to go to lock up right away. The fact is they have a resposiblity to make sure the offender is safe. She could not at the time due to imprisonment see to her own care. Think of yourself in her case, disreguard what she might have done to cause her situation but think of the fear she must have been feeling. I feel she is justified in her suit.

very good point..iam surprised that that isn;t carried out..they are liable as it is a violation of her humaa rights and the rights if the unborn child..that is quite barbaric in a civilised world we are supposed to be inhabiting..

Well not sure about the rest , but when she told them she was pregnant and bleeding and they did nothing. I believe she has grounds for a law suit. That was an individual life they ignored. If there is clearly a need for medical treatment they have no right to with hold it. Don't you think./

The police are just doing their job. "At the time she was arrested",she can make that as an allyby that she was bleeding....Theres a lot of means to escape. If she is pregnant,beforehand she must have felt contractions or pain and called 911 before it gets worse...have a commom sense.

Its a bit of a catch 22, i mean i feel for this girl. But at the same time, for every person that does have a legitimate medical problem im sure there are countless ammounts of people who use this to try and get out of trouble, the police have to do there job