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Live shows return to Staten Island: Local rappers team up for performance in Clifton Updated 4:28 PM; Today 4:28 PM Scenes from "It Happens in Staten," a hip hop centric performance event showcasing local talent at Flagship Brewery on January 6, 2018. (Staten Island Advance/ Victoria Priola) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Live performances are back on Staten Island, and the entertainers want everyone to know. A team of rappers and entertainers will host “Staten Island Vs. The World,” a live show on Friday, May 28, from 9 to 11 p.m. at 4 Willow Ave. in Clifton. The show will feat...
Family of Pa. man who died after asthma attack in prison sues over use of pepper spray Updated Dec 24, 2020; PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Philadelphia man who died in a Pennsylvania state prison has filed a federal lawsuit, saying his death was due to an excessive amount of pepper spray used by guards who then denied him urgent medical care when it caused a prolonged asthma attack. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Shaleda Busbee, the mother of 29-year-old Tyrone Briggs, who died at the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, Schuylkill County, in November 2019. Pennsylvania Depar...
The department issued a news release in November 2019 saying 13 members of the prison's staff, including unnamed guards and medical personnel, had been suspended during an investigation into Briggs' death. McNaughton declined to say Tuesday what the outcome of that investigation was or whether any of those personnel were fired. The lawsuit lists 11 guards and medical personnel as John Does as well as two supervisors at the facility as defendants alongside the Department of Corrections. Lawyers with the Abolitionist Law Center allege that guards used an “unjustifiable amount” of pepper spr...
Family of deceased inmate sues over excessive pepper spray use before death Lawyers for the Pennsylvania state prison inmate's family say it was known to prison medical staff that he had asthma. Author: Associated Press Updated: 5:48 PM EST December 22, 2020 The family of a Philadelphia man who died in a Pennsylvania state prison has filed a federal lawsuit, saying his death was due to an excessive amount of pepper spray used by guards who then denied him urgent medical care when it caused a prolonged asthma attack. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Shaleda Busb...