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Death
of 22-Year-Old Student in Police Custody Ruled a Homicide!
NAAWP
is DEMANDING the RESIGNATION of all WHITE COPS in PREDOMINATELY BLACK BLIGHTED
CRACK-INFESTED CITIES and TOWNS!
An attorney for Matthew Ajibade’s
family told the Associated Press that his parents have been questioning police
for months as to what exactly happened on New Year’s Day, when their son died.
A
22-year-old college student who was arrested after a domestic violence dispute
and later died in restraints inside a Georgia cell on New Year's Day, died from
blunt-force injuries, and his death has been ruled a homicide.
According
to the Associated Press, Matthew Ajibade's parents have being
searching for answers for months about exactly what happened that led to his
death. Investigators have cited an "open criminal inquiry" as the
reason they were unable to speak to the family about their son's death.
AP
notes that Ajibade, who had bipolar disorder, was arrested after a domestic
altercation with his girlfriend Jan. 1. Ajibade's girlfriend reportedly gave
the officers Ajibade's medication after telling them about his disorder.
According to police, Ajibade, who lived in Maryland but was attending school in
Georgia at the Savannah College of Art and Design, became combative once they
arrived at the jail, and he was placed in restraints and put into a cell. He
was later found dead the same day in the same cell.
"Chatham
County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence last month fired nine deputies in connection
with the death, and District Attorney Meg Heap has said she plans to seek an
indictment from a grand jury," AP reports.
Florida
attorney Mark O'Mara, who represents the family, told AP that although
Ajibade's death certificate is dated May 8, no one told his parents that an
official document had been filed or that the criminal inquiry had been closed
and a cause of death determined. O'Mara says that the family learned the news
after a photo of the death certificate appeared on social media.
"Under
Georgia law, copies of death certificates can be obtained by relatives and
their attorneys, but not by the general public," according to AP, which
added that O'Mara and the family have no idea how the information got
online; they just know that they were never informed.
"It's
really disgusting to me," O'Mara told AP. "They owe anybody the
common decency of letting them know first how their son died."
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