Prisoner freezes to death

[Ohiosam]

They fired the officer who made the video public
“.Karen Kelly, a correctional officer who had recorded some of the internal surveillance video showing Mitchell to be 'unconscious and nearly dead' subsequently had her job terminated by Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith.

She is now also suing the sheriff's office, claiming she shared the video to 'make sure that the truth of what happened to Mitchell would not go to his grave with him' but the sheriff's office 'retaliated and fired her.”

Family says inmate froze to death after being placed in jail freezer

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.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

["J"]

It’s a white guy….. Nothing too see here….

 

[Bowhunter57]

Umm....someone was keeping his ass warm.

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.

 

[Jackalope]

They fired the officer who made the video public
“.Karen Kelly, a correctional officer who had recorded some of the internal surveillance video showing Mitchell to be 'unconscious and nearly dead' subsequently had her job terminated by Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith.

She is now also suing the sheriff's office, claiming she shared the video to 'make sure that the truth of what happened to Mitchell would not go to his grave with him' but the sheriff's office 'retaliated and fired her.”

Family says inmate froze to death after being placed in jail freezer

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.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Man that's completely messed up. Senseless in any fashion but if he was a murderer, rapist etc I would have no sympathy, but he was just mentally ill.

I am however not surprised. Things are often handled differently in the rural south. When ole cash said "don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi" he understood. There are places where a cop will still rough you up instead of doing paperwork.

 

[Jackalope]

Umm....someone was keeping his ass warm.

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.

A body loses about 1.5 degrees per hour in a standard climate controlled environment. For him to be room temp he would need to be dead around 16 hours. Reduce that time if naked and laying on concrete, which wicks temp. At a minimum 11-13 hours. He would have been in full rigor when he arrived at the hospital if that was the case. The only thing that makes logical sense is the freezer and they forgot.

 

[Clay Showalter]

That is seriously screwed up