Jail Officer Tells Inmate, 'You Shouldn't Be Able to Breathe' During His Restraint Before Death

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The daughter of William Jennette, the inmate at Marshall County Jail who asphyxiated as officers pinned him to the ground and mocked him, is suing the county, the city of Lewisburg, Tennessee, and several officers for her father's death in May 2020.

An investigation by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville has revealed footage of deputies and corrections officers at a Lewisburg, Tennessee, jail suffocating a man as he cried out that he couldn't breathe.

Jennette, 48, was arrested two days prior to his death for public intoxication, indecent exposure and resisting arrest. Jail logs obtained by NewsChannel 5 Nashville recorded that Jennette was"hallucinating" and"detoxing," and officers had put him in a restraint chair the day before his death to prevent him from bashing his head against his cell wall.

The National Law Enforcement Technology Center, a program under the U.S. Department of Justice, says that risk factors for sudden in-custody death include frenzied behavior, obesity, drug and alcohol intoxication, violent struggle and unresponsiveness of a subject during or after a struggle. Supporters of Black Lives Matter listen to speakers before they march to City Hall in Nashville, Tennessee on April 24. Police in nearby Marshall County Jail are now under scrutiny for footage showing officers pinning an inmate to the ground who died of asphyxia after pleading"I can't breathe."Dominique Jennette, the daughter of William Jennette who filed the lawsuit, told NewsChannel5 Nashville that her father was"terrified" and needed help.

 

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