She was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold by Andrew after the encounter, according to a document obtained by the AP. Andrew said in his report that she was a danger to herself and wrote that “upon contacting the subject she was talking to herself. The subject began telling me ‘I want to walk home’ and called me ‘the devil.’ The subject then tried to walk into traffic lanes.”
Harper didn’t allow Pinnock to discuss the details leading up to the encounter or her medical condition.
“If in fact she did call him the devil, it’s secondary to the fact that he proved to be either the devil or a close relative,” Harper said. “Because he treated her in a manner nobody should ever be treated.”
Pinnock is being supported by Harper to keep her off the street and is essentially “starting from scratch,” her attorney said. She also had to go to the emergency room Thursday for “severe temple pain,” Harper said.
And Pinnock said she’s had “bad nightmares” about being beaten.
“When I was in the lockdown facility I woke up to screaming, I was screaming,” Pinnock said, imitating the sound. “High pitched, loud, then I said nothing, I turned over, and said hope I didn’t do that again.”
CHP investigators in July seized Pinnock’s medical records and the clothing she was wearing during the encounter from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Harper said she was outraged by the violation of doctor-patient privacy and attorney-client privilege.
Video of the beating went viral on the Internet and drew outrage from a number of civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.
