Tuesday, September 22, 2020

FOUR LOUISIANA COPS INDICTED FOR NOT GETTING PRISONER MEDICAL CARE PROMPTLY

 by Bob Walsh


Tommie Dale McGlothen Jr.  was a Black man in Shreveport, Louisiana who had some significant mental health issues.  On April 5 he got into a hoorah with a homeowner in the other man's residence.  The dude was, at the time, pretty well spun.

The cops showed up, had a tussle with him and eventually got him into the back of a police car.  They left him there for about 48 minutes.  He died.

The Caddo County Grand Jury acting on Friday returned indictments against Officer Treona McCarter, Officer Brian Ross, Officer D'Marea Johnson and Officer James LeClare, all of the Shreveport P D.  They have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance.

The cops had to use Tasers, night sticks and chemical agents to control McGlothen.  The coroner offered the opinion that the officers should have reasonably known that McGlothen needed emergency medical care and obtained it for him promptly after getting physical control of him.

This encounter was the fourth McGlothen had with the local cops in a relatively short period of days.  All of the other contacts also involved what would reasonably be called mental health issues.

No comments: