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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Attorney <keyword id="244402" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Geoffrey-Fieger">Geoffrey Fieger</keyword> on Tuesday released surveillance footage showing staff members at a <keyword id="18877" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Michigan">Michigan</keyword> youth facility restraining <keyword id="9541441" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cornelius-fredericks">Cornelius Fredericks</keyword> until he became unresponsive.</li><li>The incident occurred at the Kalamazoo-based Lakeside for Children on April 29 after the 16-year-old Black teenager threw food in the cafeteria.</li><li>He was pinned to the ground for almost 12 minutes by seven adult employees and lost consciousness. He died of cardiac arrest two days later.</li><li>Cornelius' family is suing the now-closed facility for $100 million after his death was ruled a homicide.</li><li>Three staffers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse in connection to the death.</li></ul>An attorney representing the family of Cornelius Fredericks, a 16-year-old Black teenager who died on May 1, <a href="https://vimeo.com/434859276/41223b29e8">released a video</a> on Tuesday that showed a Michigan youth facility's staff members restraining the boy and sitting on him until he lost consciousness. The teenager's family has filed a <a href="https://www.insider.com/three-charged-in-killing-black-teenager-at-michigan-youth-facility-2020-6">wrongful death lawsuit</a> against <a href="http://www.lakesideforchildren.org/about/">Lakeside for Children</a> in Kalamazoo and its staffing contractor, Sequel Youth and Family Services. They are seeking $100 million in damages and are represented by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fiegerlaw/">Geoffrey Fieger</a>, who obtained footage of the April 29 encounter from the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's office."It is a horrific videotape and it demonstrates what other employees have told us is a culture of fear and abuse at the Lakeside facility," Fieger said during a virtual <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> conference on Tuesday. "One employee told us that in order to work there, all you needed was to be breathing and accept $13 per hour in pay. Other than that, they would hire anyone." Someone who worked there had dubbed the facility "death row academy," Fieger added.Fredericks wound up at Lakeside after his mother died in her sleep, which traumatized the teenager, according to Fieger. "When she passed away, his father had been imprisoned so effectively he was an orphan and he had no one to stay with ... and that's why he was there," he added. "He was a gregarious, well-liked child. He was a mentor for younger children."But, Fieger said, "He was executed ... for the <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword> of throwing a sandwich."At the start of <a href="https://vimeo.com/434859276/41223b29e8">the 18-minute video</a>, which has no audio, Fredericks is seen sitting at a cafeteria table. Two staffers approach him and one takes away his food tray as he appeared to throw food.At the time, Fredericks had a sandwich in his hand. When he tossed that, too, a staff member shoved him off his seat and on to the floor, where three staff members pounced on him. Other tables were pushed out of the way in the melee, and staff members were seen trying to straighten the teenager's legs and wrestle control of him.Four more staff members joined the effort to subdue Fredericks, with seven in total pinning nearly every part of the boy's body to the floor while other boys continued eating at tables nearby. An eighth staffer took the place of one of his coworkers and held down his arm."A gaggle of employees pounced on him," Fieger said. "You'll see his feet lifelessly lying there and you'll see these employees suffocating him to death. He urinated on himself. They deprived him of oxygen and his brain suffered irreversible ... damage."He didn't try to fight back, Fieger said, while "these maniacs — I use that word advisedly because I think that's being kind to maniacs — are killing him for no reason whatsoever."Fredericks screamed, "I can't breathe" when at least one staff member placed their weight on his chest, <a href="https://www.insider.com/lawsuit-teen-screamed-i-cant-breathe-during-restraint-2020-6">the Associated Press reported</a>.Fredericks became unresponsive while he was being subdued. He died two days later."What occurred to me as I watched this videotape is that the employees of this institution don't consider these children to be human beings," Fieger said, adding that Fredericks was "a commodity and, as a result, this type of inhuman behavior could exist."<h2>Fredericks was down for at least 12 minutes before the police were called</h2>According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Fredericks was restrained for about 12 minutes, which is two minutes longer than the staff members' training allows. The investigation also said that a maximum of three adults should be involved in any such restraint, <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/07/security-camera-footage-released-of-staff-restraining-lakeside-academy-teen.html">MLive reported</a>.After pinning him to the floor for several minutes, staff members attempted to make Fredericks sit up before checking his pulse, trying to roll him onto his side, and starting chest compressions and CPR. However, his body was limp by that point, the video shows.Some employees reported that the teen was seen foaming at the mouth, per MLive. Yet the facility's nurse Heather McLogan stood by and watched the scene unfold before calling 911, Fieger alleged."You'll see the nurse standing there watching and several minutes after he's lying there, there's apparently a call by the nurse. She does nothing to in any way assist him and do what she's supposed to do. But several minutes after he's lying there, you'll see her slightly walk away, talk on a phone, and we believe that's the 911 call," Fieger said.Fieger said that Lakeside for Children declined to share the video with the legal team without a guarantee that it wouldn't be shared with the media. The footage itself appears to be edited because it jumps around and some sections are missing, he added.Sequel also tried to negotiate a settlement, Fieger said, saying that Fredericks' "life was worth less than a million dollars.""It's intolerable," he said.<h2>The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide</h2>Two days after the incident, Fredericks died of cardiac arrest at Bronson Methodist Hospital."He was a child and he was brutalized in that fashion. It's unbelievable," Fieger said.The medical examiner ruled Fredericks' death a homicide caused by complications from restraint asphyxia.Dr. Ted Brown, who conducted the autopsy, told <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/06/lakeside-academy-student-death-ruled-homicide.html">MLive</a> that "the complications of him being restrained, on the ground in a supine position by multiple people, is ultimately what led to his death."Three employees — Michael Mosley, Zachary Solis, and Heather McLogan — were <a href="https://www.insider.com/three-charged-in-killing-black-teenager-at-michigan-youth-facility-2020-6">charged with involuntary manslaughter</a> and second-degree child abuse in connection with his death. Mosley and Solis are accused of restraining Fredericks while McLogan didn't provide him medical care, according to Fieger.But Fieger said that Mosley and Solis had help, adding that "far more than two people were involved in suffocating him" and they, too, should face criminal charges. He added that this was a common mechanism used to discipline residents of Lakeside and Fredericks had been treated similarly before. "Clearly this is not the first instance of its kind," he said.State officials removed all the residents of the facility after the incident involving Fredericks and suspended its license, <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/kzoo-and-bc/surveillance-video-shows-kalamazoo-youth-home-restraint-before-teens-death/">according to WOOD-TV</a>.After Fieger released the security footage, <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/06/lakeside-academy-student-death-ruled-homicide.html">Sequel released a statement to news outlets</a> calling the death "senseless.""We continue to mourn the senseless and tragic loss of Cornelius and are aware of the video footage released today," the statement reads. "The actions taken by the staff members in that video do not adhere to the Sequel and <keyword id="9459794" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lakeside-academy">Lakeside Academy</keyword> policies and procedures related to the use of emergency safety interventions as trained in the JKM Safe Crisis Management system."Expanded Coverage Module: black-lives-matter-module

Video shows 7 employees at a Michigan youth facility pinning a Black teen to the ground for nearly 12 minutes. He died of cardiac arrest 2 days later.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two students who survived the <keyword id="12648875" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oxford-high-school" source="Orion">Oxford High School</keyword> shooting are suing the school district for $100 million.</li><li>Lawyers for the students claimed school officials have deleted digital evidence.</li></ul>A lawyer for survivors of the Oxford High <keyword id="12004738" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="school-shooting" source="Orion">School shooting</keyword> claimed school officials have destroyed evidence following the shooting on November 30 that <a href="https://www.insider.com/victims-oxford-high-school-shooting-football-star-college-hopeul-dead-2021-12">left four dead</a> and several others injured.In a court filing, attorney Nora Hanna, who represents two Oxford High School students who survived the shooting, accused school officials of deleting digital evidence after "several social media pages of the Defendants and webpages were deleted on behalf of Oxford Community School District."Lawyers representing Oxford senior Riley Franz, 17, and freshman Bella Franz, 14 in a $100 million lawsuit against Oxford Community Schools claimed actions by school district officials put the sisters at "risk of serious and immediate harm" by allowing the shooting suspect, <a href="https://www.insider.com/oxford-high-school-shooting-suspect-identified-ethan-crumbley-2021-12">15-year-old Ethan Crumbley</a>, to return to class without <a href="https://www.insider.com/oxford-shooting-suspect-officials-had-authority-search-locker-prosecutors-say-2021-12">searching his backpack</a> the day of the shooting or alerting the police. The lawsuit names the Oxford school district superintendent, the high school's principal, and a slew of other administrators and staff members as defendants.Hanna, alongside attorney Geoffrey Fieger, cited the deleted LinkedIn page of someone who said they worked for the school district, saying it is "evident that Defendant destroyed his social media page." The attorneys also cited error messages on the Oxford High School website and the deletion of school administrator listings as further proof of deleting evidence. "Not only did defendants fail to take necessary steps to preserve the evidence, but they willfully destructed the evidence by deleting the webpages and social media accounts," Hanna wrote in the filing. "Plaintiffs cannot continue to be blindsided by the defendants by having to search for what evidence is being destroyed or altered."Hanna and Fieger did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Attorney Timothy J. Mullins, who is representing the school district, told <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2021/12/10/oxford-school-officials-destroying-evidence-after-attack-lawyer-says/6467243001/">The Detroit News</a> that the lawsuits were "bombastic stunts masked as legal filings" that "do a disservice to the people of Oxford and the people of <keyword id="11949172" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="michigan" source="Orion">Michigan</keyword>."Mullins called the filings "sloppy," claiming the attorneys named someone in the lawsuit who hasn't worked with the district in a year, The <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> reported. Mullins did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.In addition to requesting the school district and local police to preserve records, the Franzs' attorneys asked a slew of cell phone and social media companies and local businesses to do so as well. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg ordered the defendants in the case to "preserve all electronically stored evidence that relates to the subject litigation."

A lawyer for survivors of the Oxford High School shooting claimed school officials are destroying evidence

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Seth Fletcher, 21, has been left with paralyzing spinal cord injuries after being tackled by guards. </li><li>Fletcher has now won a civil liberties against the state, winning $17.5 million in damages. </li></ul>The State of <keyword id="11898017" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ohio" source="Orion">Ohio</keyword> is to pay a man convicted of child sex offenses $17.5 million in a federal civil rights case after he suffered paralyzing spinal cord injuries in <keyword id="11899245" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="prison" source="Orion">prison</keyword>, his lawyer confirmed. Seth Fletcher, 21, was paralyzed at Chalkier Correctional Institution when guards tackled, handcuffed, and dropped him on his face in 2020.According to the lawsuit, filed reported by <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seth-fletcher-ohio-prison-abuse-case-paralyzed-settlement/">CBS News</a>, two officers from the prison "did in fact, participate in, authorized, ratified and/or failed to intervene to prevent sadistic, malicious and excessive uses of force under the circumstances."The lawsuit also details how the officers took to social media to brag about their acts, saying that they "waterboarded [Fletcher] LMAO" when the injured Fletcher asked for water. Fletcher was incarcerated for child sex offenses when he was 18, which, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10161161/Ohio-pay-17-5m-man-convicted-child-sex-offences-injuries-prison-guards.html">according to the Daily Mail,</a> his attorney has said involves a consensually made videotape with his girlfriend, who was younger than Fletcher.At the time of the incident, Fletcher was left untreated for hours, at which point he suddenly couldn't move his legs, reported the Mail Online.<a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-who-became-paralysed-after-prison-guards-tackled-him-receives-17-5-million-payout/">That night he told Acting Capt. Ta-Rance White</a> that he couldn't move, but no action was taken. The next morning he was visited by a psychologist who summoned medical help. Fletcher then had emergency spinal surgery at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, said the Mail Online.Even after Fletcher was taken to hospital, officers bragged about his injuries, according to <a href="https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/11/01/ohio-pay-17-5-m-settle-lawsuit-over-man-paralyzed-prison-clash/6232355001/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">The Columbus Dispatch</a>. "It feels good to know that I played a small part in paralyzing a cho, LMAO," texted ex-guard Garrett Osbon, who resigned from his job as a corrections officer during Fletcher's lawsuit ('Cho' or 'chomo' is prison slang for a child molester.)Geoffrey Fieger, Fletcher's attorney, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fieger-announces-settlement-against-the-state-of-ohio-in-prisoner-abuse-case-301414471.html">said in a statemen</a>t that, "the torture and crippling of a prisoner in America sounds medieval. Yet it happened, here, in America, in 2020."Fletcher now has quadriplegia and lives in a nursing home. His mother will use the payout to adapt her home into a wheelchair-accessible environment where she can care for her son, <a href="https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/08/26/ohio-sued-over-prison-abuse-case-left-man-paralyzed/8199394002/">the Columbus Dispatch reported. </a>

Prisoner, 21, convicted of child sex offense wins $17.5 million lawsuit after being left paralyzed by guards who bragged about 'sadistic' attack

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Daniel Chalmers, the <keyword id="6397385" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="north-carolina">North Carolina</keyword> <keyword id="50917" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pastor">pastor</keyword> who was <a href="https://www.insider.com/north-carolina-preacher-accused-of-urinating-on-woman-on-flight-2020-10">accused of peeing on a woman</a> during a Delta flight in October, stepped down from one of his jobs, <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article246848867.html">The Charlotte Observer reported</a>.</li><li>Chalmers <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5BunJL0Lm/">resigned</a> from his non-pastor position at Catch the Fire Raleigh-Durham, The Observer reported, citing the church's lead pastors.</li><li>Alicia Beverly, who accused Chalmers of urinating on her, filed a lawsuit against him, <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/10/2m-lawsuit-filed-against-pastor-lawyer-says-he-has-proclivity-to-urinate-on-people.html">MLive reported on Friday</a>.</li></ul>Daniel Chalmers, the North Carolina pastor who was accused of urinating on a woman while she was sleeping during a flight in October, stepped down from his position at a Raleigh church, according to local <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> reports.The lead pastors of Catch the Fire Raleigh-Durham <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article246848867.html">told The Charlotte Observer on Friday</a> that Chalmers — a pastor at Love Win Ministries, <a href="https://julieroys.com/pastor-urinating-flight-chalmers/">which he founded</a> — recently stepped down from his staff position there and "expressed grief and horror" over the incident."We were saddened to hear of the news yesterday involving one of our non-pastor employees in a disorderly conduct incident earlier this month," <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5BunJL0Lm/">Catch the Fire said in an Instagram post on Wednesday</a>."We take these matters very seriously. This behavior is not a reflection of Catch the Fire, our leadership, and its members. While we were investigating the matter he was immediately suspended, and we have now subsequently accepted his resignation and his sincere, heartfelt apology to everyone involved."Alicia Beverly <a href="https://www.insider.com/north-carolina-preacher-accused-of-urinating-on-woman-on-flight-2020-10">accused Chalmers of peeing on her</a> on a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Detroit on October 13. A police report <a href="https://journalnow.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/raleigh-pastor-idd-as-man-accused-of-urinating-on-airline-passenger/article_7e3b002a-1876-11eb-a853-bbfb7473eec6.html">cited by The Winston-Salem Journal</a> said Beverly told authorities that she "woke up feeling something warm on her body" and saw Chalmers standing over while she was in her seat."I jump up and I seen his private area out and I screamed and that woke everybody up," <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroit-woman-says-she-woke-up-to-pastor-peeing-on-her-on-plane">Beverly told Fox 2 Detroit on October 14</a>. "By that time I actually looked at him and I see him shake himself off and I'm like this man just peed on me! I looked and there was a puddle of pee in the seats!"The <a href="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/journalnow.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/61/9618cdac-1877-11eb-a8cb-a369a7988507/5f9855301fc2a.pdf.pdf">police report</a> said that Chalmers initially denied Beverly's allegation, saying it was "out of my character," but that he later acknowledged to authorities that he had taken prescribed medication and drank alcohol.Beverly filed a $2 million <a href="https://www.fiegerlaw.com/documents/PLEAD.-t-c-Complaint-WCCC-filed.01015135xA9307).pdf">lawsuit</a> against Chalmers and Love Wins Ministries, <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/10/2m-lawsuit-filed-against-pastor-lawyer-says-he-has-proclivity-to-urinate-on-people.html">MLive reported on Friday</a>, citing <a href="https://www.fiegerlaw.com/fieger-law-news/2020/october/fieger-files-multi-million-dollar-lawsuit-in-pas/">a news release</a> from Beverly's attorney.The lawsuit alleged that Beverly experienced "injuries and damages" including severe emotional and mental distress, anxiety, and humiliation because of the incident."It is difficult to believe that a church would hire a Pastor who boarded a plane drunk and has a proclivity to urinate on passengers," her attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, said in the news release. "Considering the times we are living in, nothing surprises me anymore."Chalmers <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/pastor-accused-of-urinating-on-detroit-plane-passenger-identified">issued a statement</a> to Fox 2 Detroit on Tuesday apologizing for his behavior. The Love Wins Ministries website is no longer available.

North Carolina pastor steps down from job after a woman accused him of peeing on her during a Delta flight, reports say

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paramedics found a <keyword id="18877" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Michigan">Michigan</keyword> woman unresponsive in cardiac arrest inside her home early Sunday morning, according to <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/24/woman-found-alive-at-detroit-funeral-home-after-being-declared-dead/">NBC affiliate WDIV. </a></li><li>The woman was declared dead that morning by paramedics and transported to a <keyword id="6367668" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Funeral">funeral</keyword> home, WDIV reported.</li><li>However, 90 minutes later, employees of the funeral home found the woman moving and alive, <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/24/woman-found-alive-at-detroit-funeral-home-after-being-declared-dead/">NBC affiliate WDIV reported. </a></li></ul>A woman who was declared dead by paramedics was found moving and alive after she was transported to a funeral home, according to <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/24/woman-found-alive-at-detroit-funeral-home-after-being-declared-dead/">NBC affiliate WDIV. </a>On Sunday morning, local fire department paramedics responded to a 911 call that 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp was in cardiac arrest at her home in Southfield, Michigan. Paramedics attempted to revive her for around 30 minutes, according to local ABC affiliate <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/woman-pronounced-dead-later-found-to-be-still-breathing-at-detroit-funeral-home">WXYZ</a>. Based on her "medical readings and condition," the paramedics declared that she was dead, WDIV reported. Later that morning, Beauchamp was transported to the James H. Cole Home for Funerals in Detroit, where after 90 minutes, staff discovered her breathing and called EMS.She was then transported to a local hospital, according to WDIV, where she is currently on a ventilator."How did this happen? Everyone wants to know this," Southfield Fire Batallion Chief Chris Smith <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-woman-was-declared-dead-paramedics-funeral-home-found-she-n1237857">told NBC News.</a>Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who was hired to represent Bea champ and her family, told WXYZ that the family is worried about what the 90-minute delay may have done to her long term prognosis."I haven't slept all night. I just don't know what to do. My heart is so heavy," Beauchamp's mother said<a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/24/what-do-you-mean-shes-breathing-southfield-mother-discusses-daughters-wrongly-declared-death/"> </a>of her daughter's ordeal.The Southfield Fire Department <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/woman-pronounced-dead-later-found-to-be-still-breathing-at-detroit-funeral-home">released a statement</a> saying they followed correct protocols and noted that the city of Southfield is "currently conducting a thorough internal investigation in addition to the Oakland County Medical Control Authority, which will be reporting their findings to the State of Michigan Bureau of EMS, Trauma, and Preparedness.""They were about to embalm her which is most frightening had she not had her eyes open. They would have begun draining her blood to be very, very frank about it," Fieger told <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/woman-pronounced-dead-later-found-to-be-still-breathing-at-detroit-funeral-home">WXYZ</a>. "It's one of people's worst nightmares to imagine having an ambulance called and instead, sending you off to a funeral home in a body bag," <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/teenagers-broke-into-petting-zoo-put-lipstick-on-donkeys-2020-8">Teenagers broke into a New Jersey petting zoo and rode several donkeys. The owners found out when one of them used a Snapchat geofilter.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/missing-fort-hood-soldier-elder-fernandes-reported-sexual-abuse-2020-8">A 23-year-old Fort Hood soldier who has been missing for a week had reported sexual abuse before his disappearance</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/california-firefighter-wallet-stolen-czu-lightning-complex-fires-2020-8">A California firefighter says his wallet was stolen from his department vehicle while he was battling blazes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/man-at-a-massachusetts-walmart-gave-shoppers-coronavirus-hugs-2020-8">'You now have COVID': Massachusetts police hunt man accused of giving shoppers 'coronavirus hugs' at a Walmart</a></li></ul>

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