Nurse indicted, officers go free after inmate suffers medical emergency, is hogtied, spit-masked, kneeled on, and (surprise) dies in custody.
A nurse has been indicted by a Forsyth County grand jury for involuntary manslaughter in the death of county jail inmate John Neville. However, the grand jury declined to indict five detention officers who were involved in the incident that led to Neville's death.
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According to the autopsy report, inmate John Neville, 56, died on Dec. 4, 2019, from a brain injury that was caused by positional and compressional asphyxia during prone restraint, meaning while he was being held face down and could not breathe.
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Video from a different body-worn camera, shows the deputies working to restrain Neville, who is on the floor on his stomach. He says, "I can't breathe," over and over in the video.
The second video shows Neville with a spit mask over his head in a wheelchair, being transported by five deputies.
A nurse is shown taking his blood pressure, and then Neville is taken to a multi-purpose room where the deputies pin him down on the floor on his stomach while they try to remove his handcuffs. Some appear to be kneeling on Neville.
When a key is put in the handcuffs, it breaks off in the cuff, so another key cannot be used. Deputies try to use bolt cutters, but the first pair doesn't cut the metal.
During this time, Neville is heard saying "Help me!" and "I can't breathe!" dozens of times. Neville becomes quiet as the deputies wait for another bolt cutter to be brought from somewhere else.
The deputies, some of whom appear to still be kneeling on Neville, appear to joke with one another as they hold him down, with one officer telling another that the broken handcuffs will come out of his paycheck, and his reply that "Those were a good pair."
By the time a second set of bolt cutters is found to remove the cuffs, Neville had become unresponsive. The deputies call for a medical response, and another inmate can be heard shouting, "You guys killed him!"
After he was found to have no pulse, Neville was given CPR and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His death was initially reported as having happened "out of custody" because he had been sent to the hospital.
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Not saying that the nurse isn’t culpable or competently performed their duties…but wow, scapegoat much???