"You shouldn't be able to breathe": Disturbing video shows fatal police restraint in Tennessee jail
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A man who died after being pinned to the floor by law enforcement at a Tennessee jail last year repeatedly told officers he couldn't breathe, according to video obtained by CBS Nashville station WTVF. But officers continued to restrain the man after he was prone and handcuffed, a federal civil rights lawsuit alleges, and after he pleaded that he couldn't breathe, a deputy responded: "You shouldn't be able to breathe, you stupid [expletive.]"
The lawsuit filed by the family of 48-year-old William Jennette says Marshall County deputies and Lewisburg police officers used excessive force against Jennette during the restraint at the Marshall County jail in Lewisburg, Tennessee. The suit alleges that Jennette wasn't resisting and law enforcement should have been trained about the well-known deadly dangers of asphyxiation associated with prone restraint. "All he wanted was help and all he got was hate. It's not right," Jennette's daughter, Calli Jennette, told the station.More Related News
