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Black inmate's suffocation death in Denver a homicide: autopsy
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Jan 8, 2016 7:32pm EST
Black inmate's suffocation death in Denver a homicide: autopsy
DENVER | BY KEITH COFFMAN
A black Denver County jail inmate died last year after choking on his own vomit while being restrained by six sheriff's deputies during a psychotic episode, autopsy results showed on Friday, in what was deemed a homicide.
The death came at a time of heightened scrutiny of law enforcement given numerous high-profile police killings and in-custody deaths of black men across the country, sparking waves of protests since mid-2014.
Michael Marshall, 50, died of asphyxiation in November while "being physically restrained by law enforcement," the Denver medical examiner's office said in a statement, which ruled the death a homicide.
Marshall's death was the latest in a string of controversies involving the Denver Sheriff's Department over inmate abuse and in-custody deaths at the city's two lockups.
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Black inmate's suffocation death in Denver a homicide: autopsy
DENVER | BY KEITH COFFMAN
A black Denver County jail inmate died last year after choking on his own vomit while being restrained by six sheriff's deputies during a psychotic episode, autopsy results showed on Friday, in what was deemed a homicide.
The death came at a time of heightened scrutiny of law enforcement given numerous high-profile police killings and in-custody deaths of black men across the country, sparking waves of protests since mid-2014.
Michael Marshall, 50, died of asphyxiation in November while "being physically restrained by law enforcement," the Denver medical examiner's office said in a statement, which ruled the death a homicide.
Marshall's death was the latest in a string of controversies involving the Denver Sheriff's Department over inmate abuse and in-custody deaths at the city's two lockups.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-denver-idUSKBN0UM2J520160109
