‘It Shocks the Conscience’: Alabama Deputies Ignored 72-Year-Old Disabled Veteran’s Cries for Help As 24-Year-Old Cellmate Beat Him Until He Was Unrecognizable, Wrongful Death Suit Says
The wife of a 72-year-old man who was beaten to death in an Alabama jail is suing three corrections officers who allegedly ignored her husband’s pleas for help when his cellmate attacked him. Regene Brantley-Reed filed the lawsuit on Jan. 28, alleging that three sheriff’s deputies failed to protect her husband, John Reed, during the…
