Spontaneous Healing
Boulder, CO
First claiming paralysis, a 31-year-old male transient suddenly found the restorative powers of being arrested in the early hours of March 7, according to Boulder Police reports. An attending physician at Boulder Community Hospital, 1100 Balsam Ave., told police that the man refused to leave the emergency room after being examined for possible paralysis and a back injury.
Finding neither, the physician told officers, he believed the suspect was attempting to get a prescription for narcotic painkillers. Despite the intervention of a security guard, the doctor said the man continued to yell at hospital staff members about his broken back and threatened to kill the physician. When officers arrived and began to escort the man from the emergency room, the suspect began to thrash about with his arms and legs, further calling into question the amount of paralysis he was suffering, according to reports.
In fact, after being handcuffed, the man rammed his head into a police car, yelling “police brutality,” the arresting officer wrote. The man was booked and held at Boulder County Jail on suspicion of trespassing, obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest.
Found in the Boulder Police Blotter
