Lisa Edwards: Knoxville police arrested woman suffering stroke
Lisa Edwards, 60, was arrested for trespassing at a hospital that had just discharged her after a stroke. She had another stroke as police jailed her.
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Lisa Edwards, 60, was arrested for trespassing at a hospital that had just discharged her after a stroke. She had another stroke as police jailed her.
(AP) -- Four Tennessee police officers are being investigated for their treatment of a woman whose pleas for help they repeatedly ignored.
Lisa Edwards, 60, was arrested Feb. 5 outside Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and later died. Her family wants answers.
Four Tennessee police officers are being investigated for their treatment of a woman whose pleas for help they repeatedly ignored as they accused her of faking illness after she was discharged from a hospital
The Knox County District Attorney General's Office said it will not be filing charges against the officers who arrested a 60-year-old woman who later died.