The policemen of an American prison make fun of a prisoner who could not breathe and ended up dying

The police officers of a prison in Tennessee (USA) mocked the complaints of a prisoner, who ended up dying, that he could not breathe while being immobilized by the agents, as can be seen in a video released in recent hours in the media. from United States.

In the recording you can see the prisoner William Jennette, 48 years old and white, saying: “I can't breathe”, to which a police officer responds: “You shouldn't be able to breathe, stupid”. Jennette ultimately died in May 2020 after receiving “a savage, choking beating” in the Marshall County (Tennessee) jail, her daughter, Dominique Jennette, alleges in the federal lawsuit she has filed against seven officers.

The man had been arrested that month for “non-violent offenses against members of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office” and was waiting to appear before a judge, when he died in custody of the authorities..

The autopsy report indicates that Jennette “began fighting with the officers” after the officers entered her cell.. The cops then sprayed him twice with pepper spray and pinned him to the ground..

The video recorded by the surveillance cameras of the prison and a body worn by a police officer shows the prisoner struggling with the agents, who beat him and sprayed him with the spray outside his cell.. Shortly after, it can be seen in the recording, of two minutes and 40 seconds, that the officials manage to reduce him to the ground face down and handcuff him..

At that moment, Jennette starts screaming “help me, they're going to kill me” and complains that she can't breathe.. After one of the officers makes fun of him, another police officer advises that they be careful that they could suffocate him, to which a third officer, who has his knee on Jennette's back, explains that this is why he is not pressuring the police. height of your lungs.

The autopsy report indicates that urgent medical attention was requested and an attempt was made to resuscitate him when the prisoner's face “changed color.”. Jennette was eventually transported to a hospital, where he died shortly after arrival. The autopsy states that “the cause of her death was acute drug intoxication,” to which “asphyxiation” contributed, so it concludes that “the manner of her death is consistent with a homicide.”

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