Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat said he’s asked for and accepted the resignations of at least three staff members in connection to the case of a 35-year-old Black man, Lashawn Thompson, who was allegedly found dead last year in the psychiatric wing of the Fulton County Jail. He had been arrested three months prior for a misdemeanor.
At a press conference last week, Thompson’s family alleged he was “eaten alive by bed bugs” and that medical staff and detention officers did little to help him.
An internal investigation is ongoing.
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