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Why Did This Florida Inmate Die—And Who Killed Her?Melissa Harris-Perry on October 23, 2014 - 9:38 AM ET
A month ago, Latandra Ellington wrote a letter to her aunt from the Lowell Correctional Institutionin Florida, saying, “He told me he’s going to beat me death. He was all in my face, then hegrabbed his radio and said he was going to bust me in the head with it.” The 36-year-old AfricanAmerican inmate was extremely afraid of one of the people whose job it was to keep her safeduring her imprisonment: a correctional officer. Ten day after she wrote the letter, on October 1,the mother of four was dead.
Though the circumstances of her death are still unclear, a private autopsy revealed that Ellingtonsuffered from force trauma in her abdomen consistent with being kicked or punched. Appearingon the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie Brown dives into thedetails of the case, explaining that Ellington was just one of four inmates to die while in the state’scustody at Lowell in 2014.
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Melissa Harris-Perry details the contents of a letter written by Latandra Ellington, an inmate atLowell Correctional Institution in Florida who was found dead, and what we know about hercase right now. Julie Brown from The Miami Herald joins to discuss.Melissa Harris-Perry 10/19/14Questions surround Florida inmate’s deathVisit msnbc.com forMelissa Harris-Perry
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caMORON's enemy • a month ago
Why hasn't the man involved been suspended during investigation? Disgraceful. Thiswoman has been murdered.
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didactic1 • 25 days ago
safety is not a criterion for promotion or salary increase in most prisons. make it so andthere might be some interest by officers in protection of victims in jails.
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At least 887 people have been killed by U.S. police since January 1, 2014.At least 1641 have been killed since May 1, 2013.https://www.facebook.com/Kille...
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Darryl Warner • 24 days ago
I TRULY HOPE THIS WOMAN,S FAMILY FILES A MASSIVE LAWSUIT AGAINSTTHE STATE OF FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA DOC.
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