Another police murder by indifference.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/jail-sta...of-sepsis/
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/jail-sta...of-sepsis/
Quote:Jail staff ignored pleas of gravely ill young mother as she slowly died of sepsis
Quote:A 37-year-old Michigan woman sentenced to 30 days in Macomb County, Michigan jail for falling behind on child support payments died 12 days into her sentence, reports Detroit 4.
A federal lawsuit claims that jail staff ignored Jennifer Meyers’ pleas for help as a virus that eventually caused sepsis flared in her body.
According to witness testimony in video footage obtained by Detroit 4, Jennifer Meyers was visibly ill, unable to get out of bed and sweating profusely. “It looked like she had just gotten out of the shower and she was sweating so bad,” one of the witnesses said. Other inmates tried to cool her with wet towels.
“Nobody ever came in to check on her and see if she was OK. She wasn’t eating.