Monday, November 15, 2021

here's how the cops will protect and serve you when you're having a stroke;


 Garden Grove, CA — The taxpayers of Garden Grove were put on notice recently that they will be shelling out $800,000 as part of a settlement going to Robin Winger. Winger was arrested in the middle of a stroke after a drug recognition expert deemed her medical emergency a crime.

Winger has been fighting this case for a decade and has finally seen some semblance of justice. Her nightmare began on Oct. 31, 2011 as she drove her daughter to school. According to her attorney, Jerry Steering, Winger had suffered a stroke that morning and was unaware that she was behaving erratically.

As she drove her daughter to school that morning, she wasn’t able to talk and eventually crashed into a car on the street, grabbing a nearby officer’s attention. Because she was unaware that she was acting erratically, when the officer got behind her and turned on his lights, Winger didn’t immediately stop.

Only after the officer initiated his siren did Winger quickly pull off to the side of the road.

When Officer Michael Elhami approached the car, he asked Winger why she didn’t stop and Winger was unable to respond. Winger’s daughter immediately told the officer that something was very wrong with her mother and said that moments before, she said she didn’t feel good.

When Winger finally spoke up, she told the officer that she had gone to the hospital earlier but had no idea what for. Clearly, this mom, bringing her child to school, was in the midst of a medical emergency as her symptoms were overt.

Elhami saw these signs and the officer actually called paramedics, saying Winger reported chest pains. When the paramedics showed up, they too agreed that Winger needed medical help. However, in her current state, she was confused and did not go...........read more......

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