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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlabama City cover up of a 18 yo black woman in police custody
From the web site we find the City attorney is refusing to release any information because he is concerned about the dead woman's rights.
Seems he thinks the poor woman has more rights now that she has died.
Where was the city's concerns when she asked for her rights to medical treatment?
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Early the next morning, Proctor was found dead in her jail cell, after having complained of problems with asthma which police apparently refused to take seriously.
Bessemer City Attorney Shan Paden commented, I know the case. I know we had a death in the jail. Erring on a conservative side, not to protect the city but to protect the rights of an 18-year-old, the city of Bessemer will not disclose any information.
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/01/police-refuse-to-explain-how-young-african-american-woman-died-in-police-custody/
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Alabama City cover up of a 18 yo black woman in police custody (Original Post)
Malraiders
May 2015
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)1. At best, it looks like negligence by the jail staff.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)2. Never trust a city attorney.
You never know who they are representing.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. Their job is to protect the power structure.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)4. kick