Family of Georgia man who died in custody: 'We want to know why'

[UglyGreed]

When Matthew Ajibade moved to Savannah three years ago, he wasted no time. The Nigerian native, who emigrated to the US at an early age, enrolled at art school, worked two jobs and even started a fashion line.

“He wanted the best of everything,” said his friend JoJo Jones. “He wanted to be really successful. He wanted to be really rich. He wanted the American Dream.”

But on New Year’s Day, the 21-year-old’s dreams came to a tragic end. Savannah-Chatham metropolitan police officers, who had arrested him during what is believed to have been a manic bipolar disorder episode, transported him to the Chatham County jail. Ajibade died in restraints, inside an isolation cell.

Ajibade’s family and friends say they have received no answers about why he did not receive mental health treatment or what caused his death.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/08/georgia-matthew-ajibade-family-died-in-custody

[marym625]

1. I don't understand how so many law enforcement agencies

Whether it be a prison or a police department, etc, are allowed to keep so much secret. They work for us. Minimally, the families deserve to know everything that happened

[DetlefK]

2. They don't give you information because you are their enemy.

They don't think of themselves as protectors of you.

They think of themselves of protectors of some fictious, vague and undefined "society"/"community" that doesn't contain real people because it only exists in their imagination. Real-life people like you are the enemy threatening the stability of that perfect and nebulous ideal.

[marym625]

3. yep

And in fact, they aren't there to protect us or the community. They're there to protect property and financial interests.

Just so sad

[Initech]

4. This is becoming an epidemic. It needs to stop now.