Monday, April 30, 2018
Man sues police officers
On May 26, 2016, a now 23- year old man named Mateusz Fijalkowski tried to kill himself in a public pool but is now suing the 8 police officers and lifeguard who saved him. Fijalkowski said he was suing because they waited too long to help him when he tried to drown himself. The man walked from the shallow area in the pool into the deep end where he went under water and grabbed two vents on the bottom of the pool to hold himself down. The police watched him under water for about 2 minutes where they finally decided to jump in and save the man. Fijalkowski had $100,000 in medical bills that he has to pay but feels that could have been prevented if the officers had helped him sooner.
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I feel like the officers were in the wrong here because they could have helped him not drown himself but they instead just watched.
ReplyDeleteI think this case might be a little more complicated then first thought since when you go to a public pool there is a lot of people swimming around and playing games also you see some people try to hold their breath under water for extended periods of time so it might of been hard to tell what he was doing.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting incident because this man was trying to kill himself but he is mad at the officers for taking too long to save him...? I don't see how he could be mad at the officers for taking too long if his intentions were to kill himself. Shouldn't he be mad that they intervened?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tyler because its true its not like the police officers knew he was trying to drown himself, they probably thought that he was trying to see how long he could hold his breathe.
ReplyDeletethis case would extremely difficult for the police officers. They are getting sued for trying to save the guy but, wouldn't he have gotten in trouble for not helping. I dont think sewing him for saving the guy is reasonable, and if the officers let him drown it would have caused more problems .
ReplyDeleteI also feel that this case is one that would take some thinking to draw a conclusion. I think suing them is a bit much because he was trying to kill himself. His goal was to die so why would you sue for them taking to long to save you?. But at the same time them standing by watching is wrong because in my opinion yes people do hold their breathes under water, but who can do it for 2 minutes straight?. Most would have come up for air already.
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