In Harris County Texas the public health authorities have a policy to deny medical treatment to disabled non-criminal mental health detainees who have a life threatening medical health crisis. Then it is Harris County’s policy to destroy and falsify the records of that denial of treatment. These destroyed records are part of a law enforcement investigation for the purpose of involuntary commitment proceedings. Law Enforcement is a major player in this criminal scheme.
Isn’t that a crime? Yes but this is Texas. How many people have died? I don’t know and nobody “important” cares enough to find out or stop this criminal conspiracy that involves multiple government agencies.
How do I know this? Because I was subjected to treatment that meets the definition of torture under the Geneva Convention despite never, in over forty years, having been even charged with a crime (If speeding doesn’t count!)
In 2018 a malicious insurance agent called the police and lied saying I had threatened suicide. I was fighting for my life as the insurance company had just denied a lifesaving medication that costs $4,000 a month. I believe without this medication I would live with severe pain and disability (as I had for the last five years) and then die a horrible death. Until that new medication I had accepted this as my fate. I wanted to tell the insurance company that they were murderers but, instead, half way through the three hour call to the insurance company, I said, dripping with sarcasm, I might as kill myself because I was going to die a horrible death. When I said this it was not treated as a threat and the insurance agent kept on being super nasty and not helping me at all. (It turns out that I was eligible to get the medication free from the manufacturer but did the insurance company tell me that? No.)
An hour after I made my sarcastic comment the agent, sick of the call and my arguing, called the police and said I was mentally ill and had threatened suicide. Four squad cars swooped down and I made the mistake of courteously and calmly cooperating with the police. Never again. I have a history of major depression that the insurance agent disclosed to the police.
So, despite a broken hand (I rescued my puggle from an attacking pit bull and had the “boxer fracture”) and a forty year history of nerve injury stemming from an uncorrected club foot (remember how “Igor,” the lab assistant in those old horror movies, dragged his club foot and his arm would be immobile and his hand clenched — my arm and hand will do that — it is the club foot reflected nerve damage) I was hand cuffed. The cop even called his supervisor to ask if he had to cuff me and they said yes — HPD policy.
They took me to the county mental health emergency center and I asked to see a judge. Even though that was my absolute statutory right that infuriated them. They got so nasty. They said I would be held incommunicado, painfully shackled to the furniture until my exam was over. I said how long? they said forever. They said I could have no phone calls, no lawyer even if my refusal lasted for a year. And there was the cop with his gun so I said okay, examine me.
They took my medical history and vitals, temperature, blood sugar and blood pressure. They all scurried away. They came back and said I was too sick to be there and they returned me to the cops. The cop took me to Ben Taub Emergency Center and they put in on a blood pressure monitor ignoring my repeated pleas to be unshackled because I was in so much pain. When a young muscular guy who had threatened to kill his wife came in, unshackled, they said restraints were up to the law enforcement agency. His blood pressure was not taken so I looked at the machine taking mine. My blood pressure was 238 over 160. I was in a hypertensive crisis but they maintained the painful shackles and did not treat the life threatening medical emergency. If the first number is over 180 you are at risk of a major stroke or death. Hey, what’s the death of one more crazy?
They waited until my blood pressure was no longer in danger levels before admitting me. I was shackled for almost six hours. Of course they let me go because I did not meet the criteria for involuntary commitment. But they did not take me home as they were required by law to do.
My hypertensive crisis was not in the medical records. It was a criminal violation of the mental health code for the first place to medically reject me. They were supposed to have me medically transported to a hospital to treat my life threatening medical emergency. They were required to maintain records of this. Instead the first facility destroyed the medical records and the second facility falsified their records stating I came from a non-medical point of origin and omitting all the high blood pressure readings and never documenting the restraints. There were a lot of other violations of my rights.
I sued the malicious insurance agent, pro se, and the case was removed to federal court three weeks ago so I am overwhelmed with work but there is so much more to this story and I hope to share it with you all soon.
Below is a link to my Original Petition. I only sued the insurance company — because there is a one year statute of limitations for a defamation claim — so a lot has been left out. I do not have the resources to sue the government. We all know the risks of suing the police. I want to live not get killed. And now that I am in their data base as “mentally ill” if I am ever stopped for a traffic infraction they have a green light to kill me for any “suspicious” movement. Scary.
Wish me luck!