US EditionFamily says Ohio jail guards stood by as restrained man who later died lost consciousness
- Christian Black, a 25-year-old man from Zanesville, died on March 26 after being restrained in the Montgomery County jail in Ohio.
- Black's death followed his arrest for crashing a stolen car and being restrained after exhibiting aggressive behavior in his jail cell, according to police and video evidence.
- Video released by Black's family shows deputies wrestling him to the floor, placing him in a restraint chair where he became unresponsive while deputies stood by without immediate aid.
- The county coroner ruled Black's death a homicide likely caused by positional asphyxia, which prevents chest expansion and starves the body of oxygen, while about nine minutes elapsed before CPR began.
- Sheriff Rob Streck put 10 jail employees on paid leave as the death investigation continues, while the family’s attorneys call for criminal charges against deputies and medical staff.
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Family says Ohio jail guards stood by as restrained man who later died lost consciousness
The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio jail said Monday that the deputies who piled on him stood by for several minutes without trying to save his life after he became unresponsive. Attorneys for the family said the deputies and jail medical staff members who looked on as Christian Black sat slumped in a restraint chair should be criminally charged in his death. “There was no sense of urgency,” said his father, Kenya Blac…
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