Denying Medication = Death by Torture
Denying life-saving medication to jail inmates is a long-standing problem at the Jefferson County jail in Louisville. The lethal policy appears to have spread east to Lexington.
Valerie Honeycutt-Spears at the Herald:
Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said on Monday that he has ruled the death of a Fayette County jail inmate an accident.McKinney, who is white, apparently was considered by Lexington jail officials to be a member of the torturable class.
Jeffrey McKinney, who was serving a 10-day sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol, was pronounced dead about 45 minutes after jail officials tried to subdue him on May 22 for "combative behavior."
Ginn's comments provided more information about McKinney's case. Earlier this month, his family had asked investigators for more information, but said they had been shut out.
McKinney, 37, had a seizure during the struggle with jail staff. He choked on his vomit and died of asphyxiation, Ginn said.
SNIP
When McKinney first began serving his sentence, he told family members he wasn't being given his antiseizure medication.
McKinney was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 19 and had suffered a head injury in an ATV accident in 2006, family members said.
The family has said McKinney could be disoriented and rebellious following a seizure.
If only there were a way to get the Jaime Dimons and the Dick Cheneys and the David Kochs of this world classified the same way.
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