Posted on 02/14/2023 6:40:31 PM PST by algore
The family of a mentally ill man who died in police custody claims their loved one froze to death after being restrained and placed in a walk-in freezer for hours.
'This is one of the most appalling cases of jail abuse the country has seen,' the 37-page federal lawsuit filed by the family alleges.
Shocking video of Mitchell being carried out of the jail on January 26 shows the man being dragged and placed into a patrol vehicle before he was later declared dead.
The video allegedly contradicts the sheriff's original statement that Mitchell was having a medical issue but had been 'alert and responsive' when he was taken to the hospital.
The complaint filed by the family alleges hospital staff at Walker Baptist Medical Center spent three hours attempting to resuscitate him before he was declared dead.
According to the physician's statements, the man's cause of death is believed to have been hypothermia.
The doctor also notes the puzzling nature of the death.
'I am not sure what circumstances the patient was held in incarceration but it is difficult to understand a rectal temperature of 72 degrees F, 22 degrees centigrade while someone is incarcerated in jail,' the suit states.
'The cause of his hypothermia is not clear. I do not know if he could have been exposed to a cold environment. I do believe hypothermia was the ultimate cause of death,' it continues.
Lawyers for the family had similar questions to the doctor, asking how he would have frozen inside the jail.
'How does a man literally freeze to death while incarcerated in a modern, climate-controlled jail, in the custody and care of corrections officers?' the lawyers asked.
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So very sad. Such evil. Praye5s ip.
Perpsickle
That just simply won’t happen. While I don’t deny the death penalty is appropriate (and I am one of those crazy guys who believe there are a LOT more crimes worthy of it) - But I am also a realest on such matters... they will NEVER ben convicted of capitol murder.
You didn’t want to be an Alcatraz prisoner. They’d sleep on cold concrete, supporting their bodies lengthwise, using their arms.
Probably because they could.
The family violated Rule Number 1. To wit} No matter how bad things may seem to be. Never involve the Police. It only makes things worse. Sad to say, this family learned this the hard way. Unlesss you want a friend or relative killed, do not called on the Police for help. Because that is how they help.
Alabama, where incest starts at home. 😏
He was stripped naked and placed in a concrete cell and no blanket, no bed for two weeks.
No it was a concrete cell. He was stripped naked and provided no blank or anything else. He was there for two weeks.
What I don’t understand is his family knew he was there. Didn’t they even request to see him during that time?
He wasn’t the title is wrong. I read the article elsewhere.
He was stripped naked(pics were shown) and placed in a concrete cell and laid on floor for 2 weeks to sleep.
You didn’t want to be an Alcatraz prisoner. They’d sleep on cold concrete, supporting their bodies lengthwise, using their arms.
Especially if you were Machine Gun Kelly’s “Bitch”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah7mS9H_TOM
Just looked at the story in today’s Bham news. Which BTW is ending publication next week.
He was taken to the hospital. Attending physician noted “it is hard to understand how a rectal temperature of 72 degrees can be noted.” And that was before he died.
So, welcome to Alabama. Where the justice system and the cops who put us there are all corrupt.
Yep. Mid-20s is often the age that schizophrenia begins to surface in males.
I couldn't imagine watching one of my children as their mind descends into chaos and madness.
We used to treat these people but the Left argued that the crazy have a civil right to be crazy so now treatment has become much more difficult, especially when dealing with adults.
These are the majority of our homeless, where they self-medicate with booze or whatever street drugs they can get their hands on and receive help from nobody, unless they live in one of the more liberal cities that will simply ensure easier access to more street drugs as their way of "helping."
You missed something.
Because in the lawsuit it says he was tied to a chair and put in a walk in cooler. Overnight. Naked
But he was also in a cell, naked, with no toilet, and couldn’t eat because when he was beaten his false teeth fell out and were confiscated. For 2 weeks or so.
Welcome to Alabama! Crooked cops, crooked jailers, crooked sheriff, crooked nurse....Just pretty much crooked all around.
Yup. my thoughts exactly. The method of execution in this case, is unusual even for police though.
“Mid-20s is often the age that schizophrenia begins to surface in males.”
And why Marijuana should not be taken before the brain typically matures at age 26...
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