South Carolina deputies involved in Jamal Sutherland's death have been fired, sheriff says

[Eugene]

Also: South Carolina deputies are fired after video shows them shocking mentally ill Black man with Taser before he died in jail (Washington Post)

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Source: CNN

South Carolina deputies involved in Jamal Sutherland's death have been fired, sheriff says

By Amir Vera, Natasha Chen and Jamiel Lynch, CNN
Updated 11:27 AM ET, Tue May 18, 2021

(CNN) — The two deputies involved in the in-custody death of Jamal Sutherland have been fired, Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano said a statement tweeted by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.

Sutherland died after he was forcibly removed from his jail cell in North Charleston in January. Footage released last week by the sheriff's office shows deputies pepper spraying and tasing Sutherland, 31, multiple times after he appeared to resist leaving his cell for a bail hearing.

"Today, I made the decision to terminate the two detention deputies involved in this case," Graziano said in the tweeted statement. "I must weigh the interest of public safety for the community against any incident that creates even the perception of an impairment to the operation of the Detention Center for the safety of all residents, staff and our Community."

"The employees are Sgt. Lindsay Fickett, employed since March 2011, and Detention Deputy Brian Houle, since July 2016," the tweet said.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/17/us/jamal-sutherland-deputies-fired/index.html

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Source: Washington Post

South Carolina deputies are fired after video shows them shocking mentally ill Black man with Taser before he died in jail

By Timothy Bella
May 18, 2021 at 4:15 p.m. EDT

Two Charleston County, S.C., sheriff’s deputies were fired Monday after body-cam footage showed them repeatedly using a Taser on Jamal Sutherland, a Black man with mental illness, in jail shortly before he died in January.

The announcement from Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano about the dismissal of Sgt. Lindsay Fickett and Deputy Brian Houle came after footage released by the South Carolina sheriff’s office last week showed Sutherland, 31 — who was arrested at a psychiatric facility where he was receiving mental health treatment — being shocked multiple times and pepper-sprayed by officers. He said he couldn’t breathe as they attempted to forcibly remove him from his cell for a bond hearing. Sutherland, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died less than two hours later.

Fickett and Houle were on administrative leave before their dismissals on Monday. Fickett had been with the sheriff’s office since 2011, while Houle joined in 2016, Graziano said.

“I must weigh the interest of public safety for the community against any incident that creates even the perception of an impairment to the operation of the Detention Center for the safety of all residents, staff and our Community,” Graziano tweeted.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/18/deputies-fired-jamal-sutherland-/

[abqtommy]

1. Firing might be good but arresting, trying and convicting them to prison is much, much

better.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[Phoenix61]

3. How do you get arrested at a mental health facility?

I know it happens but it doesn’t make sense. It’s another form of patient dumping.

[hatrack]

4. And so on to the next county over for their next job . . . .

Maybe they can get someone in HR to cover up the reason for "seeking new opportunities".