Tennessee officers' conduct probed in woman's death
Tennessee officers' conduct probed in woman's death
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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.
The Knox County District Attorney’s office has stated that the four officers, who have been placed on paid administrative leave, will not be criminally charged for Edwards' death.
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.