Prosecutors say Milwaukee jail run by Sheriff David Clarke continued to withhold water as punishment

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Veronika Bondarenko
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A man in a jail run by Sheriff David Clarke died after almost a week without access to running water — but that did not stop the jail from continuing to withhold water to punish inmates.

Terrill Thomas, 38, was found dead on the floor of his cell at the Milwaukee County Jail just eight days after he was admitted in April 2016, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported on Monday.

The Associated Press later found that, according to jurors' jail logs, the officers withheld water as punishment for two other inmates after Thomas' death.

Prosecutors later determined that Thomas, who was known to suffer from mental illness, died from severe dehydration after officers cut off access to his water as a disciplinary measure shortly into his stay and never turned it back on.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/police-say-inmate-in-jail-david-clarke-runs-died-dehydration-2017-5?r=UK&IR=T

[Lithos]

1. Is this the "Trump" sheriff?

?

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Yes.and Trump is trying to find a place for him in the Admin!!!

Quietly, of course.

[riversedge]

2. Still arriving at the Milwaukee County Courthouse to resist Trump & Sheriff Clarke ...

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Voces de la Frontera? @voces_milwaukee 2h2 hours ago

Still arriving at the Milwaukee County Courthouse to resist Trump & Sheriff Clarke #No287g #MayDayMKE #MayDay2017

Link to tweet

[atreides1]

3. This is why Trump wants Clarke for the DHS

He'll need someone with no morals, and has no problem making people suffer! Clarke can be the Trump version of either Reinhard Heydrich or Theodore Eicke!

DHS will need someone to run the "detention" centers and be able to save money, too!

[Marthe48]

4. Cruel and unusual punishment

I hope the feds go after this murderer

[still_one]

5. That has got to be unConstitutional

[mainer]

6. Sheriff Clarke threatened the medical examiner

Luckily, the M.E. refused to back down from the truth. And the M.E.'s office reported that Clarke's threats are nothing new to them.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2016/12/01/medical-examiner-threatened-clarke-over-jail-deaths/94746392/

[RVN VET71]

7. Clarke will ride the "Plausible Deniability Train" all the way to DHS

He is perfect as warden-overseer of Trump's detention centers, and he's also one of the Blacks -- so he's got that ticket to ride, as well.

[cstanleytech]

8. Hopefully that train will derail into a nice long prison break if they can prove

that he was aware of it before and after the fact and didnt take any measures to have the people responsible prosecuted for it.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Call this what it is: MURDER

[SunSeeker]

11. Clarke should be put in the same jail cell they pulled that dead man from.