New video shows soldier's final moments before dying in police custody
theGRIO REPORT - A 26-year-old active Fort Bliss soldier self-reported to a jail for a two-day DWI sentence in July 2012. He left the jail in a casket...
A 26-year-old active Fort Bliss soldier self-reported to a jail for a two-day DWI sentence in July 2012.
He left the jail in a casket.
KFOX14 in El Paso, Texas has since been obtained of the final moments of Sgt. James Brown’s life.
Brown checked himself into the jail for the DWI sentence and had reported in writing that he was a soldier who suffered from post-traumatic stress. He contacted his mother shortly after checking in.
Watch a full report on the death of Sgt. James Brown below:
Watch the raw video of Sgt. Brown’s final moments below: (*Warning, Graphic Content*)
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“He said they’re trying to make me stay seven days instead of two days, so i just want to pay the court fine and get out of here,” said Dinette Robinson-Scott, his mother.
Although she sent the money the next morning, something had already gone wrong by then. Video shows that Brown had an episode of some sort that caused him to begin to bleed. His condition only worsened as his breathing became shallow and he stopped bleeding or being responsive. There was no call for an ambulance, no 911 call made, and instead, police stormed inside his cell in riot gear.
The autopsy cited Brown’s cause of death as complicated due to sickle cell disease, which can be triggered by stress and dehydration.
“He was bleeding out the ears, the nose, the mouth, his kidney’s shut down, his blood pressure dropped to a very dangerous level, and his liver shut down,” said B.J. Crow, one of the family’s attorneys.
While Brown’s case is expected to go to court in a federal civil trial, his mother has released the following statement:
“I pray that new laws protecting soldiers in custody will be implemented, that the military adopt new policy procedures in regards to their soldiers being held in custody by an outside agency. If these changes can be made and our soldiers are protected, and another family never has to experience what my family has, then my son’s death would not been in vain.”
