The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into South Carolina jails after the death of Lason Butler.

The Department of Justice found themselves another jail to probe following the gruesome death of a Black inmate. The victim’s family says his body was found riddled with rat bites in his solitary confinement cell.

  • TipRing@lemmy.world
    81·
    1 year ago

    How in the hell are there no criminal charges in this case? He died of dehydration in a jail that also denied him access to medical care. The coroner ruled it a homicide. People need to be charged in this death.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        I get that the DoJ just opened their probe, but the death happened in Feb 2022 and there’s no indication the sheriff opened any kind of investigation into the homicide.

        • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          Because the state and county don’t give a shit about black people. If anything, they’re on board with it. That’s why the feds are stepping in with a civil rights case now.

          • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I know that’s the actual reason, I just want it to be said. I doubt the feds are going to actually charge anyone. Their civil rights probes usually just tell local officials to do better. There’s never accountability.