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Malraiders

(444 posts)
Fri May 1, 2015, 01:05 PM May 2015

Alabama 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?

More:


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 OP
At best, it looks like negligence by the jail staff. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #1
Never trust a city attorney. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #2
Their job is to protect the power structure. hobbit709 May 2015 #3
kick Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #4
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