First Reported by Uncle but sent to me by Wallphone as a “Gun Death”.
“This photo is a picture of a man who is strapped to a chair naked inside a jail for hours with a hood over his face. That evokes thoughts of being tortured,” says Cleveland-based lawyer Nick DiCello who represents the Christie family.
The photo, which was obtained by FOX 13’s investigative unit, was taken in the final hours of Christie’s life.
The District 21 Medical Examiner ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement officers. But to this day, nobody has ever been charged with a crime, and the Lee County State Attorney cleared the sheriff’s office of any wrong doing.
The man had some mental illness and was off his meds. He was arrested for drunken and disorderly contact, which makes perfect sense. What doesn’t make any sense is why he was restrained naked in a chair and sprayed with pepper spray until he died, or why nobody has been fired or even disciplined for this.
Brutal, but not a “Gun Death”, as if that matters…. Hopefully the family will find some semblance of justice.
