You act like you've already supplied the citation. Settle down, sweetie.
First off, how can I 'be right' in saying that the hospital staff or EMTs should have removed the cuffs with their own key when I didn't even come close to suggesting such a thing? Linear conversations man.. L-I-N-E-A-R. I asked if you were trying to say that the guy just sat there until midnight waiting to be treated since he 'was ignored'.
And no, the staff would be complete idiots to remove handcuffs from a patient without police presence unless it was absolutely necessary. It's not unusual for a cop to cuff somebody after they shoot them, nor is it unheard of to cuff a suspect to a hospital bed. The only problem with that in this case is that the cop was trying to cover his ass and make it look legit, as if the guy was a flight risk. Clearly, that was ended sometime around midnight. My guess is the higher brass saw that there was no way in hell they were going to arrest this poor guy after being treated, and ordered him released from the cuffs.
And the officer fired.
And the lawyers contacted, etc etc