Originally Posted by Mats
One of the patients I saw today had spent a week in the neuro ICU, six months of physical therapy, and six months of speech therapy. He had sustained extensive blunt trauma to the base of his skull.
Today, he has a slightly misshapen skull, he has an impressive scar, but he's exceptionally luck to be alive.
How did he sustain these wounds?
He was beaten with a hand-held metal detector or "wand."
The perpetrator wasn't from the TSA--it was a security guard elsewhere. But I found the irony pretty overwhelming.
The assumption is that it was a hand-held metal detector and that a security guard beat the patient even though the OP admits later that the patient was incoherent. The title of the thread along with this post coupled with the description of the injuries sets the stage for suggesting the irony of how people who are hired to protect others have brutally beaten someone almost to death.
Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
Quite a few beat coppers I know carry 4 or 6 D-cell Maglites. First one can blind the suspect with the beam concentrated on eyes. The anodized airplane-quality aluminum body is tough enough to inflict serious damage on the suspect. Two-in-one weapon.
This post adds to the argument that police officers carry heavy maglites which can be used as weapons. (I commented on this with an anecdote regarding how military policemen used them. But I've maintained that I don't believe this person was beaten by a hand-wand.)
Originally Posted by abmj-jr
It wouldn't surprise me if an untrained or partially trained private security guard misused one.
Here is where the quantum leap is made.
I rest my case.