SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The son of a black man who died in police custody in Louisiana after a videotaped altercation that appears to show officers hitting and tasing him two months ago said he feels the family has been denied the truth about what happened.
Tommie McGlothen III spoke to The Associated Press days after local station KSLA broadcast the video and a local coroner revealed details about the April 6 death of Tommie McGlothen Jr.
Officers used Tasers, mace and night sticks to control him, and he suffered multiple injuries from police and an earlier altercation, the coroner said, noting that he spent nearly an hour handcuffed inside a police car before anyone noticed he was unresponsive.
The coroner said police arrived after McGlothen blocked a driveway and followed the homeowner inside his house.
Carter, their lawyer, has called the concept of excited delirium “junk science” that is often used to justify deaths in police custody.
