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July 29, 2015

Lakota Woman Sarah Lee Circle Bear Died After Jailers Ignored Pleas 
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In a similar case, news reports surfaced yesterday of the death of a
24-year-old Lakota woman named Sarah Lee Circle Bear, who was found dead
in a jail cell on July 6 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She had been
arrested on a violation of her bond. Sarah Lee Circle Bear had
reportedly told her jailers that she was in pain, but they had told her
to "knock it off" and "quit faking it." When she was later found
unresponsive, she was transferred to a nearby hospital, where she died.

 

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