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June 8, 2015

Death of Black Prisoner in GA Prison Ruled a Homicide 
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A coroner has ruled the death of a 21-year-old Nigerian native in a
Savannah, Georgia jail cell a homicide. Matthew Ajibade died on New
Year's Day of what the coroner described as “blunt force trauma,”
including “abrasions, lacerations, skin injuries about the head and
some other areas of the body.” At the time of his death, he was
restrained in an isolation cell after authorities said he became
combative during an altercation which injured three deputies. Last
month, nine Chatham County deputies were fired in connection with his
death. Meanwhile the graphic, full video of a Salt Lake City, Utah
police officer shooting an unarmed man last summer has been released.
The video shows Officer Bron Cruz approaching Dillon Taylor as he walks
away from him with headphones in his ears. Cruz shouts at Taylor to get
his hands out, then opens fire as Taylor appears to raise his hands.

 

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