*A Georgia woman is demanding justice after her brother went missing amid the Thanksgiving holiday only to turn up dead inside the Clayton County Jail.
Terry Lee Thurmond III, 38, celebrated Thanksgiving with his family at the home of his sister, Lateral England. But when he left the festivities, he forgot to take his cell phone and that’s when the father of three went missing, WSBTV reports.
England had not heard from her brother, who sufferers from mental illness, until she learned of his arrest and subsequent death in jail.
Thurmond was arrested for entering secure areas of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport without proper identification or a ticket, according to multiple reports. Thurmond was “posing as an airport employee pushing a passenger in a wheelchair” TSA said, as reported by the Atlanta Journal constitution.
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Clayton County Jail is a brutal, dangerous place, even without Victor Hill at the helm. “Jailers restrained Terry Lee Thurmond III… ‘placing hands, knees & their weight’ on him ‘while he was laying face down for about 10-15 minutes.'” #MourningOurLosses https://t.co/XN6baY7Maq pic.twitter.com/t7ozv4T5iD
— Southern Center for Human Rights (@southerncenter) November 30, 2022
Following his arrest, Thurmon reportedly died Monday following a struggle with officers in the Clayton County Jail. According to a medical examiner’s report, he “was trying to jump over a railing between eight and nine feet high when other inmates and detention officers stopped him,” per WSBTV.
Here’s more from the news station:
When Thurmond got back on his feet, he kept resisting and was Tased, the report reads. It goes on to say that Thurmond was held down by officers for ten to 15 minutes while laying face down.
Several minutes later, the Taser prongs were removed from Thurmond. Several minutes after that, a nurse began chest compressions and Thurmond was unresponsive, the report said.
England is calling for authorities to release video footage of the incident.
“When they Tased him, did he fall? Did he hit his head? What happened?” she questioned.
“He’s sweet. [He] had a bit of a trouble, and I think it’s mostly because he had mental problems,” she explained.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reportedly conducting an investigation into Thurmond’s death.
Sister of Terry Thurmond is seeking answers. Terry Lee Thurmond III died after being bound by his hands & feet, tasted & restrained by 4-5 officers in Georgia’s Clayton County Jail. #TerryThurmond #ClaytonCountyJail #Georgia #TerryLeeThurmond #DeathInCustody pic.twitter.com/Ze93rr5cKo
— Tanika Nikki (@ChiGeorgiaPeach) November 30, 2022
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