In a statement posted Monday afternoon, the FBI announced that it's scrutinizing the deaths of two men who both died in custody at the Harris County Jail.
that staff had used excessive force and failed to document it or intervene, on top of making false claims to investigators. As a result, the sheriff's office suspended six detention officers and fired 11 others.
Pillow was found dead the following morning, though the sheriff's office said he had been examined by medical personnel before being returned to his cell.
last month."There is no legitimate excuse for this young man to have lost his life for an arrest on a misdemeanor charge right as he was about to get out on bail."Since Pillow's death last month, at least
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