Texas Sheriff Will Not Turn Over Jailhouse Video After Gay Man Dies In Custody
The family of a gay man who died in custody in Galveston, Texas, is seeking to find out more about why their son allegedly did not receive needed medication which eventually led to him suffering a fatal seizure.
In March, Jesse Jacobs turned himself in at a jail in Galveston as part of a 30-day sentence he had been ordered to serve for a DUI conviction. But, after being processed, medical personnel at the jail denied Jacobs the prescribed Xanax he had been taking for ten years to treat a severe anxiety disorder. A week after being denied the drug, Jacobs began to experience seizures, a known side-effect of Xanax withdrawal.
But the sheriff who oversees the jail is now refusing to turn over video from the lockup because he is afraid of the impending lawsuit which might result….READ MORE at LiberalAmerica.org
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21 responses to Texas Sheriff Will Not Turn Over Jailhouse Video After Gay Man Dies In Custody
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mea_mark August 1st, 2015 at 13:06
If you are not a straight white GOP christian in Texas, your life just ain’t worth much.
We really need a new set of values in Texas.
tracey marie August 1st, 2015 at 13:11
We do indeed, the tape should be seized and the sheriff arrested for interfering in an investigation.
Larry Schmitt August 1st, 2015 at 13:27
That would require a prosecutor with guts. Is there someone like that in Galveston?
tracey marie August 1st, 2015 at 13:29
We do have a few here, now that the states attorney is being charged with crimes the prosecutors will be able to do their jobs.
rg9rts August 1st, 2015 at 16:23
Prosecutor…guts…oxymoron
anothertoothpick August 1st, 2015 at 13:34
You have a lot more hope…than I do tracey marie.
I see NO evidence that this will shit will ever change.
In 2012, the latest year for which the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Deaths in Custody Reporting Program has released data, 4,309 people died while being held in local jails or state prisons. In local jails, where there were 958 deaths—an 8 percent increase from 2011
rg9rts August 1st, 2015 at 16:22
Its Texas and no one expects better
NW10 August 1st, 2015 at 13:39
Can the Texas Rangers handle two cases at once?
rg9rts August 1st, 2015 at 16:22
Giddyap
FatRat August 1st, 2015 at 15:02
That is f*cked up.
A) I’m afraid I”m going to be deprived of my medication, I fear for my life.
B) I’m now dead, I was deprived of my medication.
C) He up and died of of “natural causes” according to Sherrif Henry Trochesset.
I wonder if Henry is gonna be getting a slew of friend requests. /s
https://www.facebook.com/henrytforsheriff
Larry Schmitt August 1st, 2015 at 15:13
Somebody posted this story to his page. Oddly, he has no reply.
Larry Schmitt August 1st, 2015 at 15:16
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jim-morin/1e40af/picture29575897/ALTERNATES/FREE_960/jm073115_COLOR_Police_Blacks_Shootings_Racism%20(1)%20(2)
rg9rts August 1st, 2015 at 16:21
It appears that the jailhouse personnel should include a psychopharmacologist..or at least a doctor ….Xanax is a potentially monster medication..what do they do for diabetics??
Carla Akins August 1st, 2015 at 16:33
Tell ’em to nut up and be a man…
rg9rts August 1st, 2015 at 16:56
Was on it about 40 years ago…kicked my butt..Its a hypnotic and you can sit there watching the world end and say isn’t that nice.. I was a zombie…on the other hand I’ve seen some people eat them like candy with no effect.. for sure it is HIGHLY addictive and with drawl can be fatal.. If he was on it for 10 years..he was was addicted by his doctor and being supplied by him too
Carla Akins August 1st, 2015 at 18:25
It must have been horrible for him. By the time he was required to show up and do his time, there should have been a pre-sentencing report, medical records and intake paperwork. I can’t imagine any reason this would be kept from the medical professionals that care for these prisoners. If the doctors serving the jail or the jailers themselves didn’t know – it’s because they were willfully blind. Should his personal physician handled his long-term care differently? Probably, but to change his care with no real oversight is unconscionable.
fahvel August 2nd, 2015 at 03:50
is that the robertson cure?
Carla Akins August 2nd, 2015 at 07:21
Yes! Yes, it is.
LoisB August 1st, 2015 at 17:21
Disgusting, piece of crap sheriff. If he’s afraid of a lawsuit then he knows they did the wrong thing by this young man. I’m sure a court can compel him to release the video but by that time it will have been edited or erased or lost.
F_cons August 1st, 2015 at 19:09
It’s getting to the point where you can expect a good chance you will be murdered if you have any interaction with “authority” no matter what the excuse. When does it get to the point where you just go out and at least take a few with you?
amersham46 August 1st, 2015 at 21:19
Medical personnel at the jail did not know Xanax and the possible side effects.