The Department of Justice found themselves another jail to probe following the gruesome death of a Black inmate. The victim’s family says his body was found riddled with rat bites in his solitary confinement cell.

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    1 year ago

    I get that the DoJ just opened their probe, but the death happened in Feb 2022 and there’s no indication the sheriff opened any kind of investigation into the homicide.

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      1 year ago

      Because the state and county don’t give a shit about black people. If anything, they’re on board with it. That’s why the feds are stepping in with a civil rights case now.

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        I know that’s the actual reason, I just want it to be said. I doubt the feds are going to actually charge anyone. Their civil rights probes usually just tell local officials to do better. There’s never accountability.