ATLANTA, Georgia — A male died at the Fulton County Jail from getting eaten alive by bugs and mattress bugs says the loved ones legal professional.
According to police LaShawn Thompson was arrested for misdemeanor straightforward battery in Atlanta on June 12.
He was taken to the Fulton County Jail and put in the psychiatric wing after officers determined he experienced mental difficulties.
Family members attorney Michael D. Harper released a assertion indicating Thompson was in jail for 3 months when he was uncovered lifeless in a filthy jail mobile following remaining eaten alive by mattress bugs and bugs. The family also obtained open information which mentioned that the detention officers and professional medical personnel at the jail found that Mr. Thompson was deteriorating, but did nothing to administer support to him or to support him.
“They literally watched his health decrease right until he died”, suggests the spouse and children in a assertion.
The report also states that when his physique was identified a person of the detention officers refused to administer CPR due to the fact in her terms she “freaked out.”
“Mr. Thompson was housed in was not healthy for a diseased animal. He did not deserve this. Someone has to be held accountable for his demise. The Fulton County Jail must be shut and replaced”, suggests Michael D. Harper the relatives attorney.
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