Homeless Woman Dies In Police Custody (Anna Brown)

Via The Los Angeles Times: "Anna Brown was homeless and had so much pain in her legs that she couldn't walk. When Brown, 29, refused to leave the emergency room at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., a suburb near inner St. Louis, the police thought she was on drugs and arrested her for trespassing. She'd already been examined, and a doctor said she was healthy enough to go to jail. The police carried her into a jail cell by her arms and ankles, her body slackened. There were a couple of beds in the cell, but they left her on the concrete floor. A couple of officers stood by the door as she writhed and moaned, and then they walked away. "They thought she was a drug seeker," an officer said later. She had stopped moving within 15 minutes and was pronounced dead a short time later...".* Ana Kasparian, Jayar Jackson and former prosecutor Steve Oh break it down on The Young Turks.

* http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/na...

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[Donardo Henry]

I'm a black guy, but I don't think it's a race thing, it's more of a socio-economic class thing. She was homeless and didn't have insurance, possibly looked like an addict. I understand why she wasn't helped. I don't like that she wasn't, because i believe everyone rich or poor should be helped.... but i'm not so biased that i can't see both sides of the picture and understand why what happened, happened.

[Red L]

Why is everything about race and color of your skin?? What happened to this lady was WRONG and the police officers and the hospital should be held accountable. This is very disgusting, but we shouldn't be talking about the color of her skin. Take care of our people, whatever color their skin is, and QUIT talking about, " well they were treated like that because of their skin color." So sick of the racist BULL

[Ernestine Standberry]

ANNA BROWN...WHOA.... I HAVE VAIN DISEASE....INFLAMATION....WHOA­...WHY DIDN'T THE DOCTORS TREAT ANNA BROWN ....I WENT TO VEIN CLINICS OF AMERICA ...DIAGNOSTICS..FOR REAL....BUT THEY SAY YOU STILL HAVE TO WEAR THE VEIN PANTY HOSE BEFORE MEDICARE WILL PAY FOR IT.....LET MEDICARE PAY FOR MY FUNERAL ALSO...BECAUSE I COULD HAVE THE SURGERY MONDAY...Mrs. Ernestine Gwendolyn Standberry, International Prolife Federation, Roosevelt University Alumni-SC Great Mayor Washington, etc.,, CAN-TV Producer

[graffitimike1]

It's a factor, this is world we live in however progressive the world is getting it's a slow transition to see others perspectives. It's wrong to make everything about race but the questions that pop are defined and logical to think through, maybe she was treated fairly in a flawed system but I think the gross mistake is that it can't be reasonably said, it might be racist and might not this is what the clashing comments stir up for us wrong and right answers together looking for deeper truths.

[pennyforapound9000]

Homeless people are scum.

[tdperry10]

That is my friend aunty follow him on instagram @smartswag2002

[wizloon]

Isn't being thrown in jail a little bit harsh for the crime of "tresspassing?"

[partyhardydardy]

Ana's looking extra cute in this one.

[Jazmyne Jones]

you clearly know nothing about society. shut up. you disrespectful shit.

[sunnyn218]

who ever sub all the TYT videos did really bad jobs because the subs have so many mistake.

[Ms6perrygirl]

Its so sad it really is RIP Anna Brown

[MissKeeyaShowBlog]

Someone just post this on Facebook today