'Severe neglect' to blame for man's death
A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing “died due to severe neglect,” according to an independent autopsy released Mo
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A man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing “died due to severe neglect,” according to an independent autopsy released Mo
The Fulton County Medical Examiner previously listed Thompson's cause of death as "undetermined."
Jail death was homicide via "severe neglect," says an independent autopsy. Lashawn Thompson was found dead in a bedbug-infested Fulton County jail cell last September.
The audit comes after former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler testified that George Floyd's death wasn't a homicide.
Former NFL star and activist Colin Kaepernick recently announced a new initiative to aide the families whose loved ones suffered police-related death. The Autopsy Initiative was created to give free, second autopsies to victims of police violence. The autopsies will be conducted by a group of five Board-Certified pathologists.