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| City Will Pay $2.75 Million to Family of Killed Rikers Inmate |
| By villagevoice.com- Albert Samaha |
| Published: 07/22/2014 |
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Ronald Spear was arrested and charged with burglary in September 2012. He awaited trial at Rikers Island. He was 52-years-old and had health problems. He had a kidney disease and he walked with a cane. He needed dialysis and other treatment. He believed the jail was not providing him sufficient treatment, and two months after arriving there, he sued the jail. In the suit, he wrote that the jail officials didn't appreciate his demands for better care: "I have correction officers retaliating against me." Two weeks after filing the lawsuit, Spears was dead. The medical examiner's office ruled it a homicide and concluded that "blunt force trauma" helped cause the death. Read More. |
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