Knoxville police investigation still pending after Lisa Edwards' death
Lisa Edwards' family has hired Devon Jacob, a high-profile civil rights attorney well versed in filing lawsuits involving in-custody deaths.
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Lisa Edwards' family has hired Devon Jacob, a high-profile civil rights attorney well versed in filing lawsuits involving in-custody deaths.
Tennessee officers' conduct probed in woman's death
A former Rhode Island woman, disabled from a stroke, was "mocked and bullied" by police in Tennessee before she died, her family says.
Four Tennessee police officers are being investigated for their treatment of a woman whose pleas for help they repeatedly ignored as they accused her of faking illness after she was discharged from a hospital. The woman was pronounced dead a day later.
Throughout her interaction with police, Lisa Edwards repeatedly told officers that she couldn't breathe and needed help sitting up. She died a day later.