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Can't believe they found a jury to convict. A case for jury nullification.

It's the only reason I'm here now': Son awakens from 'brain-dead' state after gun-toting dad engages in three-hour armed standoff with police to block doctors from pulling the plug life-support

A father took a gun into hospital to stop doctors taking his son off life support - and during the three-hour stand-off the young man squeezed his hand.

The sign that he wasn't brain dead meant he was kept alive - and he is now recovering and doing well.

His father, 59-year-old George Pickering II, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after marching into Tomball Regional Medical Center in Texas with a gun.

His 27-year-old son, George III, had been declared brain dead after suffering a massive stroke in January.

After doctors declared there was no more hope for him, they ordered a 'terminal wean' - whereby life support is slowly withdrawn to end a life.

Pickering's ex-wife and other son had agreed to the move, and the young man had already been placed on an organ donation register.

But Pickering Sr told KPRC: 'They were moving too fast. The hospital, the nurses, the doctors. I knew if I had three or four hours that night that I would know whether George was brain-dead.'

During the three-hour standoff, Pickering threatened hospital staff. His other son was eventually able to get the gun from him.

Pickering admitted to being drunk and aggressive but said it was only because he knew his son wasn't ready to die.

During the standoff, Pickering's faith that his son had been misdiagnosed never wavered and after he finally got the response he wanted from his boy, he surrendered peacefully to authorities.

'During that three hours, George squeezed my hand three or four times on command,' he said.

His son later came out of his coma and is now fully recovered.

The charges against Pickering were eventually reduced and he was released earlier this month.

His son said: 'There was a law broken, but it was broken for all the right reasons.

'I'm here now because of it. It was love, it was love.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...l#ixzz3v8jrFxGW
 
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Baptism sends Tomball hospital suspect back to jail


Kevin Reece, KHOU 11 News 4:54 p.m. CDT April 17, 2015

The man at the center of a hostage standoff in January at Tomball Regional Medical Center is back in jail tonight, in part, because of an Easter weekend baptism videotaped at his Magnolia church.

George Pickering Sr., 59, ordered hospital workers and family members out of his son's hospital room because he believed they were about to disconnect him from life support. His son Georgie, 27, has a history of strokes and seizures and Pickering said he had been told his son was brain dead.

"I had a gun with me. But I didn't intend to hurt anybody," Pickering told KHOU 11 News in an interview in the sanctuary of Silver Springs Baptist Church in Magnolia.

"It was just that if George was going to die, I wanted to die with him," he said. "But then George squeezed my hand three to four times on command. And I knew he wasn't brain dead."

Pickering eventually surrendered and spent more than 70 days in jail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault. And, while awaiting trial, he was issued a no contact order that specified he was not to have any contact with his ex-wife or his two sons.

But this past Easter weekend Pickering was baptized in an emotional service at his Magnolia church. He talked openly about trying to turn his life around. Then the congregation began to applaud when Pickering's son stood at the back of the church. He recovered from that hospital stay and walked to the front of the church to be baptized too. Pickering himself helped baptize his own son. The church, celebrating the change in Pickering's life, published the baptism on social media.

"I'm proud that it happened. Real proud. And I love him so much. I think it's a miracle, a blessing," he said. "It's beautiful. It's beautiful that he's alive and well."

Beautiful, but also a violation of that no contact order. So when Pickering appeared Friday morning for a previously scheduled court hearing, he knew there was a chance Judge Mark Kent Ellis might send him back to jail.

"I'm hoping I go home, number one. I want to go home," he told us before entering the courtroom.

"He was admonished by the judge saying no contact means no contact of any kind," said prosecutor Brittney Aaron. "Right now the church video is the one incident of contact that we do have proof of." Aaron said there were also multiple reports from family members that father and son were often together.

Pickering's attorneys tried to convince the judge that the father and son are inseparable, that Pickering is the primary caretaker for his son and his ongoing medical issues. The judge rejected the argument and immediately revoked Pickering's bail. He is back in the Harris County Jail, held without bond, until his attorneys can get another bond hearing scheduled. At that time Judge Ellis would decide if Pickering would be released or instead held until his case goes to trial.

http://www.khou.com/story/news/crime/201...order/25937931/

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AzBlasta, are you trolling again?
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Guilty of perpetuating GOP rhetorical myths such as "Death Panels" anyway...

This case has nothing to do with being "another death panel failure" as your title infers.

The family made the choice to pull the plug, did you catch the part where the wife and the guy's mother made the choice? In most states once a person is an adult and gets married these decisions are the sole legal domain of the spouse. It sounds like right or wrong as it turned out, that the wife and mother made the decision to pull the plug.

It's hard to say what the injunction against the father seeing his son was, but it is what it is, there was one. This guy was out of jail on parole so the court hadn't dealt with him to the degree they might have. There is too much we can't see here with this article, but....

It is clear that there was no Obamacare death panel pulling the plug. Doctors make recommendations, it's up to family as to whether they take them.
 
Quote:This is an example of how laws and orders should be enforced with common sense....On this one, I have to disagree with you..."Common Sense" is too subjective to be subjected to judicial rulings...Just look at what the Supreme Court has come up with lately, versus what is written in the U.S.Constitution...

What one considers 'common sense', another may consider blasphemy...It's hard enough to make decisions when a law is in black and white...
 
"Common sense" gun laws... Yeah I see what you are saying.. The DA should look at the circumstances of the crime as opposed to just the crime.. It looks extenuating to me and if I was the DA I would make the punish dis-enhanced..
 
Quote:Florida woman dies while being kicked out hospital


Sean Rossman and Karl Etters, Tallahassee Democrat 5:30 p.m. EST December 22, 2015



BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla.(Tallahassee Democrat) — A woman who sought treatment at a hospital here died Monday night after police arrested and forcibly removed her.

The Tallahassee law firm of Parks and Crump is representing the family of Barbara Dawson, 56, of Blountstown. The Tallahassee NAACP chapter had an emergency meeting on the matter Tuesday.

After being taken to Liberty Calhoun Hospital for treatment for breathing problems, Dawson was stable and needed to be released, doctors said Monday. But Dawson thought that she needed to stay for additional care.

When she refused to leave, hospital staff called the Blountstown Police Department, Chief Mark Mallory said. Blountstown is about 50 miles west of Tallahassee.

Officers placed her under arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing, handcuffed her and escorted her out of the hospital. Dawson collapsed while walking to the officer’s car, he said.

She was brought back inside where emergency medical staff attempted to save her, hospital officials said.

"They did their best trying to save her,” said Ruth Attaway, the 25-bed hospital's administrator and chief executive. “Our staff was very aggressive with her treatment. They did everything they could.”

Darryl Parks said his firm intends to sue either the hospital or the police department for their involvement in Dawson’s death.

Parks said he was very concerned about the conduct of both sets of officials. He contended that once law enforcement got involved, medical personnel and officers did not take proper precautions given Dawson’s medical situation.

Parks claims that Dawson required ongoing medical attention. Her family said she had a longstanding history of breathing problems.

“Even the early facts should cause grave concern for her family but also grave concern for the public,” he said.



http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2015/12/2...pital/77772712/
 
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