January 29th, 2021 Original video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5LzpXJc-D Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital in Vancouver Washington A 74 year old woman was held against her will because she refused to take a COVID Test. She was denied advocacy access from her daughter who had power of attorney. The daughter called police to help rescue her apparently kidnapped mother and the police denied her access, then assaulted her and pepper sprayed the crowd that was their on her mother's behalf. Many police were on the scene, dressed in riot gear, some refused to give there names and badge numbers. Eventually the woman was released, but it took many hours and hundreds of people calling the hospital and sheriff's dept and 1000's of live viewers on Youtube These people were able to get the help they needed from local citizens because they are a part of a group who stick together and know their rights. Please learn from this, educate yourself and prepare to help others when they are in need, because the police did the exact opposite. If it was your mom being held captive you would like your community to come to her rescue. **Here's a breakdown of what happened**. On the 28th Gayle Meyer was admitted into the hospital and diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, accompanied by her daughter Satin. At 4am on the 29th Satin leaves the hospital. Sometime on the morning of the 29th Satin returns to retrieve her mother from the hospital and is denied access. Satin calls her friends for help. She also calls the Clark County Sheriff's department no less than 4 times and each time was told by the sheriff's dept. that they would not respond to her cause. After a crowd gathers and peacefully demands the release of Gayle then the Hospital calls the sheriff and they respond. The sheriff's dept. shows up, places deputies at all entrances and talk with Satin for approx 12min. The crowd is totally peaceful at this time. Approx 30min after the deputies arrive Satin attempts to walk into the hospital, where she is met with strong force. This is the only time that the crowd becomes "rowdy" and it's due to the assault upon one of it's members, who has a legal right to advocate for her mother. The "rowdiness" quickly calms down in about 5ish minutes The crown maintains a peaceful, yet adamant status for another 1.5hrs until Gayle's release then they go home. Could things have been handled better? The answer to that question is always yes. **Here are my concerns regarding the incident.** 1. Hospital **involuntarily** detains a person. (illegal) 2. Hospital **denies advocacy** from a person with **medical power of attorney** (Highly illegal) 3. Citizen calls police for help for a legitimate situation and is **denied** police assistance, more than once. 4. Citizens have to assemble to **force police to do their job**. 5. Police do not deescalate the situation through communication. 6. Police instead put on a **display of force** (further escalating the situation) 7. The police then **forcibly deny access** the patient's legal advocate from entering the building 8. The police decide to **pepper spray** a man through a door that they could easily close and keep closed. (revenge) If the crowd did not show up, it is likely that Gayle could've been detained for weeks in **involuntary quarantine**. It concerns me that this is **just the beginning**.