Homeless man drowns in US lake without police help: ‘I’m not going to jump for you’ | VIDEO

A homeless person drowned in USA under the gaze of police officers who did not help him, according to images and a transcript published Monday by authorities.

Agents were called early May 28 near the Tempe man-made lake in Arizonadue to the “noise” caused by the deceased man and his partner.

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After speaking with the couple, the policemen approached the “street dweller”, Sean Bickins 34, for questioning in turn, according to a city statement.

After a few minutes, Bickings jumped over the fence that protects the lake and went down to the surface of the water. The agents told him that he did not have the right to swim in the lake, but the 30-year-old swam to an area under a bridge anyway.

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The footage was then cut short, as the city deemed the rest of the video too “sensitive,” but they provided an audio transcript.

“What are you going to do now”, an officer asks. “I’m going to drown. I’m going to drown,” Bickings says., according to the transcript. “No,” the officer replies.

A second policeman then asks the man to swim to one of the bridge’s columns and tie himself to it.

“I can not, I can not”, yells bickings. “Ok, I’m not going to jump for you”, warns the second officer.

According to the rest of the transcript, the policemen continued to insist that the man be able to save himself, rejecting the efforts of his partner who begs for help.

“Can you hear me?” are the last words attributed to Bickings.

Later, one of the policemen notes that “he has not come to the surface for about 30 seconds.” His body was finally recovered at the end of the morning.

The three police officers were suspended pending the results of several investigations launched by the authorities, said the city, which announced its intention to publish other officers’ cameras in the coming days.

Source: Elcomercio

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