Report Finds Thousands of Deaths in Police Custody
October 14th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
The U.S. Justice Department reported that more than 2,000 people died in police custody between 2003 and 2005, and that 13 percent of the deaths were related to alcohol or other drug intoxication.
Reuters reported Oct. 11 that alcohol and other drug intoxication was the second-leading cause of deaths in policy custody, trailing only “homicides by state and local law-enforcement officers,” which accounted for 55 percent of deaths. Suicides accounted for 12 percent.
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