Death in Police Custody

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Police officers in an excessive force case brought by the family of Terrell Day, who died from restricted breathing while in custody, are entitled to immunity, the Seventh Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/deathincustody.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>, finding that the handcuffs were used “in a manner that would not have harmed an average arrestee” and the officers did not know they were causing the man’s breathing trouble.</span>

CHICAGO – Police officers in an excessive-force case brought by the family of Terrell Day, who died from restricted breathing while in custody, are entitled to immunity, the Seventh Circuit ruled , finding that the handcuffs were used “in a manner that would not have harmed an average arrestee” and the officers did not know they were causing the man’s breathing trouble.

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