US EditionFamily sues over Kansas jail death after deputy allegedly knelt on inmate’s back
The suit says deputies used excessive force and failed to account for Charles Adair’s medical and mental impairments, while attorneys seek public release of jail video.
- Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wyandotte County sheriff, officials, and Richard Fatherley, who is charged with second-degree murder in Adair's death.
- Adair, who had a leg infection and schizophrenia, got into an argument with a deputy and was forced onto his stomach on a bunk, with Fatherley kneeling on his back.
- The lawsuit alleges that none of the other officers intervened while Fatherley pressed his body weight onto Adair's back, leading to Adair's death.
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The Toronto Star
My Mother LodeFamily sues over Kansas jail death after deputy allegedly knelt on inmate’s back
Relatives of a jail inmate whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriff's deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man's back for one minute and 26 seconds have filed
Ben Crump Representing Charles Adair’s Family In Civil Lawsuit
Source: Courtesy of Erica Adair / Erica Adair Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing Charles Adair’s family in a federal civil rights case against Wyandotte County, Deputy Richard Fatherley, and Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic. Attorneys Harry Daniels, Gabrielle Higgins, and Sue-Ann Robinson are also representing the family, according to a press release sent to NewsOne. “This lawsuit was filed because even after criminal charges…
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Family sues over Kansas jail death after deputy allegedly knelt on inmate's back
Relatives of a jail inmate whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds have filed a federal lawsuit.
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