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Was this murder?
The tragic demise of Dexter Barry, a heart transplant recipient, after two days in jail without his life-sustaining medication, should elicit profound outrage. Barry was arrested on a simple assault charge, accused of threatening his neighbor.
Barry repeatedly emphasized his medical needs to officers and judges, pleas that fell on deaf ears. Eventually, his body rejected his transplanted heart, resulting in his untimely death. To dismiss such a critical need on grounds of an allegedly trivial disagreement amounts to an unsettling dereliction of duty, one that echoes the unsavory autocracies of the 20th century.
'My heart will be rejected': Jacksonville man dies after missing doses in jail https://jaxtrib.org/2023/05/23/i-cant-miss-those-doses-jacksonville-man-died-after-jail-denied-him-heart-transplant-medicine/
@TomWellborn
This is why I can't get arrested at protests.
@TomWellborn This story is making me physically ill. Even in Florida, I can't believe the police, jail, and judge were so callous, and dismissive of a clearly life-threatening situation. At every point, indifferent public servants chose to neglect, and effectively ignore this man's serious medical condition. Their indifference and failure to provide the necessary medication are directly responsible for his death. They chose to kill him rather than give him his meds.
@slcw It's fucking murder. No matter how you stack it.
@TomWellborn He was just another black man with a story. Certainly not a person whose circumstances we were worth considering.
@TomWellborn how long will it be before the goddamn democrats who are supposed to be on our side recognize that this is a war against people of color. PROSECUTE
@TomWellborn Yes. Withholding life-saving medication is egregious.
@TomWellborn This is seriously some fucked up shit. Unfortunately not surprised from Florida law enforcement. The DeathSantis regime.
It sure is. Police were informed multiple times that his transplant would be rejected. They killed him.
@TomWellborn It was an execution!
haxadecimal @TomWellborn I'm not sure whether it's murder, but if not, it may be criminally negligent manslaughter, by both Officer Jacob McKeon and Judge Gilbert Feltel, and possibly others.
@TomWellborn call it what it is = murder.
@TomWellborn It was 2nd degree murder at a minimum.
@TomWellborn Yes, it is. Manslaughter may be claimed, but it’s a deliberate, cruel and evil torture-murder.