The local daily has once again made it's readers dumber or angrier, depending on their subjective disposition. In this article about "excited delirium", a new rationalization for police murder, Derek J. Moore states that "excited delirium,' a controversial medical condition marked by extreme agitation that has been blamed for at least one Sonoma County death and dozens more nationwide." The local case he's talking about is the Dec. 7 murder of Michael Tolosko. Tolosko was killed by police, not a panic attack, not methamphetamine, but 3 consecutive Taser shots, which rendered him unconscious,the police then hog tied him with maximum restraint cord. The coroner lists the cause of death as "cardio-respiratory arrest", considering this was the result of a struggle followed by binding, any coroner who knew his trade and had a shred of conscience would call it homicide. If I shocked someone until they were unconscious and then tied them up and left them restrained even though they were unable to breathe, what would you call it?
Excited delirium is just a pseudo-medical excuse for cops to hide behind. "Suicide by cop" has obvious troubles gaining traction in the granola covered hills of Sonoma County, so some pencil pusher at the Sheriff's Department or Coroner's office dug up some crap about "excited delirium" and forwarded it to Mr. Moore, and Moore gets to play reporter. This oozes bullshit, especially when the surviving family has been cut out of the discussion, Tolosko's mother called the police for help and ended up with a dead kid.
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Alane Tolosko has a history of calling the cops when things don't go her way. She has done so to every man in her life and all three of her children. Only this time the cops ended up killing her son! Her son was trying to tell her he wanted away from her and was going to move away. She called the cops to try to get him admitted back into a mental hospital. Things got out of control and now Mike is dead. There are two problems here. Women who call the cops to cry wolf and cops who use excessive force.
I dont know who any of you people are. I dont know how you know so much about my life. But for the most part you are spot on. My mother Alane Tolosko has appart from being a phisicaly and mentaly abusive parent with a huge case file for her own mental illness, has alway abused the law as a way to get what she wants. My older brother and the only solid male figure that was ever appart of my life was murdered by Patrick Kopelle. The use of excessive force is a plague and it has ripped apart my life. What is an honest man to do when dishonest police put him in a place where revenge and retaliation is all that makes sence?
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