Police: Fla. cop thought collapsed woman was trying to avoid arrest before death

Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A police officer tried to put a woman into a patrol car after she collapsed at a hospital, believing that she was "making herself dead weight" to avoid going to jail, according to a police report released Monday. The woman, 57-year-old Barbara Dawson, died about 90 minutes later at Liberty-Calhoun Hospital. The state law enforcement department and …
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Police: Fla. cop thought collapsed woman was trying to avoid arrest before death