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Did you know that an inmate who was released from Duval County Jail in Jacksonville, Florida collasped in the jail parking lot and died? 68-year-old Clyde Fullmore collapsed in the Duval County Jail parking lot after serving 4 month for DUI and was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he died of an apparent heart attack
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4520828/detail.html

Did you know that on January 9, 2005 an inmate collasped in his cell and died at a hosptial. He was the thrid in less then 6 weeks. Rafael A. Souffront, 35, collasped in the duval Coutny jail at about 3:30 a.m. he was taken to Shands Hospiral where he died.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4065794/detail.html

Did you know Sammie Lee Eveans, 49, died of a broken neck on December 3, 2004 after struggling with the police while being arrested for drinking in public. The officer slammed him on the concrete after he was handcuffed.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/3967955/detail.html

Did you know Officer Kaleb Underwood, a white rookie officer who had pushed Sammie Lee Evans to the ground while trying to handcuff him, resigned from the sheriff's office after internal affairs investigators found he used excessive force in another unrelated incident?
http://www.news4jax.com/news/3972518/detail.html
Did you know 19 year old Kyle Froyen claims Underwood asualted him?
http://www.news4jax.com/news/3982655/detail.html

Did you know that Ezra Jones, 29, died while being restrained in a restrant chair? Jones died December 5, 2004 while in a restraint chair at the jail, after being arrested downtown for blocking a public sidewalk.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/3982655/detail.html

Did you know Edward Mincey, 28, a corrections officer at the Duval County jail, was charged Tuesday, January 18, 2005 with aggravated battery and official misconduct? He's accused of kicking Ronnie Forest, 35, in the head January 7, 2005 after Forest became belligerent in a jail cell. Ronnie Forest recieve between 30 and 40 stitches.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4107916/detail.html

Did you know on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, Damen S. Cody, 23, was charged with battery and official misconduct in the beating of an inmate during an argument at the Montgomery Corrections Facility? Inmate Timothy Burroughs, 22, alleged Cody hit him with his knees and fist, pushed him into a steel door and choked him.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4210658/detail.html

Did you know Genevieve Miller says a JSO Corrections officer beat her during booking March of 2004 after she was arrested for marijuana possession? Miller's mug shot shows two black eyes and a broken nose. Miller says after the beating, she was put in a restraining chair and officers walked by taunting her and pointed at their nose and laughed.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=33006

Did you know on Friday, May 6, 2005 an inmate at the Montgomery Corrections Center in Jacksonville, Florida collapsed after getting out of his bunk Friday morning and died later at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center? His name was not released.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4459057/detail.html

Did you know ten inmates sued the state Department of Corrections and former Secretary James Crosby on Monday, saying they were severely burned when guards at Florida State Prison sprayed them with chemicals in Jacksonville, Florida?
http://www.news4jax.com/news/7010660/detail.html

Did you know that on Monday, March 14, 2005 a female correctional officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was arrested on a charge of battery on a prisoner in the jail? Tiffany Wade, 24, was booked after an investigation by the JSO's Integrity Unit of an allegation against her by a Duval County prisoner. The inmate she beat was handcuffed.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/4282169/detail.html

Did you know that Rutherford has said he will not tolerate excessive force by police? I guess Sheriff Rutherford does not consider the treatment John Laughon recieved as excessive force. His injuries were life threatening and they were not self induced. If John was as combatant as JSO claims why wasn't an extraction team used and the extraction video taped? After all, this is proceedure.

To be continued...

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