U.S. County Approves $ 10 Million for Killing Black Man in Police Care Black Lives Matter News

Jamal Sutherland died in January after South Carolina police repeatedly used stun guns and knelt on his back.

A South Carolina county has voted to pay $ 10 million in damages to Jamal Sutherland’s family, a black man who died after being forcibly released from prison in January.

WSCS, a South Carolina news outlet, reported that the Charleston County Council unanimously made the decision Tuesday afternoon and resolved the 31-year-old case in Sutherland, where he was killed by police repeatedly using stun guns and kneeling on his back. He had mental health problems.

His death sparked protests and criminal demands against those responsible.

Council President Teddie Pryor on Tuesday called for reform in the Sutherland prison.

“We definitely need reform in detention facilities,” Pryor said, according to the WSCS. “I’ve been researching that and I’m going to present other issues to this council.”

In an interview with ABC News 4, Scarlett Wilson is the attorney for the ninth circuit he said his office will decide whether to file an indictment in connection with Sutherland’s death by the end of June.

The deal marks the nation’s first anniversary of George Floyd’s death when a black officer knelt on his neck more than nine minutes after a black man died. Floyd’s death sparked national protests along with police brutality and the excessive use of force against black Americans.

In March, Floyd’s family was given $ 27 million in a settlement with the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. And in September last year, Louisville (Kentucky) agreed to pay $ 12 million family Breonna Taylor, A black woman who was shot dead in her home during a police raid.

Sutherland’s case began in May, after videos were released showing officers repeatedly using guns to drive them crazy, refusing to hand them over to the cell’s front door, when deputies arrived to go to court. After Sutherland ignored the orders to kneel, deputies entered the cell and soaked the pepper-soaked Sutherland, ordering them to enter their stomachs.

Two sheriff’s deputies involved in Sutherland’s death, Sergeant Lindsay Fickett and Deputy Brian Houle, have been released.

The death of George Floyd a year ago sparked national protests to demand the brutality of police brutality and the excessive use of force against black Americans. [File: Joshua S Kelly-USA TODAY Sports]

In January, officials released a statement on Sutherland’s death, saying deputies had “reported an unanswered prisoner” and reported it to state police, usually. At the time, the two deputies were placed on paid administrative leave.

Sutherland was initially charged with third-degree assaults and drumming, which is a misdemeanor. Officials told Palmetto Behavioral Health that they were called to investigate a fight at a mental health and substance abuse center and arrested Sutherland as a result.

A lawyer for the Sutherland family said Sutherland’s schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were very serious, that they should never be held in a non-medical part of the prison, and that the videos “represented the use of force that was not so necessary and excessive.” there are no words ”.