Allowed to Die In
Dauphin County Jail
By: Sandra Feigley
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William Johnson was a middle aged man, a veteran of Vietnam
who had been 100% disabled from agent orange.
He suffered from
mental problems and disorientation.
Mr. Johnson got into a confrontation with a clerk at a mall. He was accused of "stabbing" the clerk, although the seriousness of the wound is disputed. A Swatara Township cop opened fire, cutting down Mr. Johnson, doing what the enemy couldn't do in Vietman. Swatara Township is a suburb of Harrisburg, the dilapidated capital of Pennsylvania. The identity of the gun-happy cop who shot Mr. Johnson was kept secret. In Pennsylvania, the cops, no matter how bad, are protected. Gravely injured, Mr. Johnson was eventually taken to the Hershey Medical Center. That's as in the candy bar. It's part of Penn state and usually considered a pretty good hospital although damn greedy. The Hershey Medical Center worked on Mr. Johnson for a few days, but it was becoming pretty expensive. The hospital is not happy about spending money, especially not on black prisoners. Paralyzed and still carrying the cop's 45 caliber slug lodged in his spine, Mr. Johnson was sent out of the hospital and shipped off to the notorious Dauphin County Jail. In 18 hours he was dead! dead in a cell, not even in the jail's infirmary. The tragedy of Mr. Johnson's death is a litany of neglect. Instead of receiving care or treatment from the government or the state, he was shot and allowed to die in Dauphin County Jail, a hellhole. Lots of veterans suckered into service in America's current blunder in Iraq will return home. How many of them will be gunned down by cops and allowed to expire in agony in prison cells?
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