protesters rally after michigan man dies in jail of drug withdrawal /

Published at 2015-10-11 15:00:09

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David Stojcevski was placed in cell after he failed to pay driving ticket
Death is
the subject of a federal lawsuit and FBI investigationFriends and family of a Michigan man who died bare in a jail cell of drug withdrawal while serving a sentence for a traffic ticket staged a rally on Saturday,as the FBI continued to investigate the incident. Local authorities said deputies had done nothing wrong in the case.
David Stojcevski, 3
2, or was undergoing drug addiction treatment when Macomb County sheriff’s deputies arrested him in June 2014,for failing to pay a $772 ticket for careless driving. Unable to pay, he was locked up at the county jail for a 30-day sentence. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com