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blissedout
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Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana 1
#464611 - 08/20/10 11:45 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/08/alabama_man_dies_in_jail_after_being_arrested_for.php
Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana
Family members of a 32-year-old Alabama man who died in his jail cell after being arrested for possession of marijuana said they tried to warn officers about his fragile health, but were ignored.
Jacob Ashley Jordan was found dead in his cell at the Baldwin County Corrections Center at about 1 a.m. Friday, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, reports Connie Baggett at the Mobile Press-Register.
Jordan had a "pre-existing medical condition," according to Sheriff's spokesman Maj. Anthony Lowery, and had been moved into the jail's medical wing. Lowery claimed that the inmate had received medical treatment from nurses.
Jordan, who lived in Eight Mile, Ala., was found dead in his cell, according to Lowery.
The officer refused to give details, citing privacy laws that protect medical information, but did say there was "no evidence of any physical injury."
Jordan was booked into the county jail on July 2 after being transferred from the Mobile Metro Jail on a second-deree possession of marijuana charge and "hunting violations," Lowery said.
Why on earth was this seriously ill man -- who had done nothing worse than to possess marijuana, undoubtedly to relieve the symptoms of his disease -- still in jail seven weeks later?
Marijuana is known to help many of the symptoms of Addison's disease, including vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss and headaches.
Late Thursday afternoon Jordan began experiencing health problems, and was moved into the medical block of the jail for treatment and observation.
Maj. Lowery claimed Jordan was under medical care of the jail's doctor and nurses at the time of his death.
The case is being investigated by the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Baldwin County Coroner's Office and the Sheriff's Office, as is standard policy, the Press-Register reports.
Jordan's body was moved to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science in Mobile for an autopsy, according to Lowery.
There is much more to the story, according to Jordan's mother, Peggy Jordan of Eight Mile, who said she wanted some answers.
"The sheriff told me J.J. and three others were sitting in their cell watching television when J.J. slumped over and his heart stopped," Peggy Jordan said. "They tried CPR, but couldn't revive him. I told them over and over he had Addison's disease and that he needed treatment."
"This didn't have to happen," the grieving mother said.
"Left the man to die over a second degree weed charge and a hunting violation," commented "TinFoilHatGuy" on the Press-Register's site. "I am sorry but even the law-and-order crowd has to say that is not any kind of justice I ever heard about."
"So dude had a joint and the county kills him for it," agreed another commenter, "badfish1060." "There is no reason to arrest people on these non-violent charges; give them a citation and be done with it. If you must do anything at all."
This isn't very far from me, at all.
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blissedout
Mehtastic


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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Dr. Siekadellyk] 1
#464629 - 08/21/10 12:38 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Once you're in there, they don't give a DAMN about you or your well being. Take it from someone who knows all too well.
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blissedout
Mehtastic


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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Mr. Kite] 1
#464649 - 08/21/10 02:39 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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The point of that is: It was ridiculous that the laws are so antiquated that he should even be in jail over a joint's worth of weed in the first place. Secondly, for him to die in the care of the pigs is even more fucked up. If you read the article, you would know that his mom told the jail that he had a medical condition. They failed/are failing on many levels. Why wouldn't marijuana be in the headline? That's the sole reason that he was in jail and died there.
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blissedout
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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Mr. Kite] 1
#465242 - 08/22/10 12:04 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Dude.
You should just stop posting about this, as you clearly are impaired in the thinking/comprehension area.
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blissedout
Mehtastic


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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Mr. Kite] 1
#465278 - 08/22/10 02:30 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I understand perfectly well what it was that you are saying. You said that there was no reason for marijuana to be brought up in the headline and that it was basically blowing shit out of proportion like the media does. That we were doing the same thing. That is where you are wrong. I will try and word this so that you can understand it, okay? The guy was arrested for marijuana possession, right? He was arrested for having a joint. Okay? As a result of that arrest, he was taken to jail. You got that? While in jail, he was not given his meds for the disease that he had. AS A RESULT, HE DIED. MARIJUANA WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT HE WAS IN JAIL AND BEING IN JAIL WITHOUT HIS MEDS WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT HE DIED.
Is it really so difficult to understand why marijuana was in the headline?
Now, tell us what we don't understand. Please.
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blissedout
Mehtastic


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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Dellik] 1
#465817 - 08/23/10 11:19 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I refuse to argue with him anymore. It's like arguing with my 4 year old.
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blissedout
Mehtastic


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Posts: 109
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Re: Alabama Man Dies In Jail After Being Arrested For Marijuana [Re: Mr. Kite] 1
#466085 - 08/23/10 08:07 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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So that's the only way that it has ever been said? Congrats dude. You are the first person from the Growery to achieve the facepalm award.
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