He begged jail staff for medical attention. They ignored and mocked him. Then he died.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/he-begged-jail-staff-for-medical-attention-they-ignored-and-mocked-him-then-he-died/

About four hours before Ellis died, Horn [a nurse] went to check on him. Instead of helping Ellis, she yelled at him: “Listen to me and shut up. We’ve had EMS come over and check you out and they don’t think there’s nothin’ (sic) wrong with you.”

“Please, look at my legs,” Ellis said. He had told jail staff his legs were turning black.

Horn accused Ellis of faking his condition and threatened to place him on a “D-ring,” a restraint that jailers may use to handcuff and shackle inmates to a metal ring attached to the floor.

“I am sick and fucking tired of dealing with your ass,” Horn said before she slammed the cell’s door closed and walked away. “There ain’t nothing wrong with you.”

It's a tough read with heartbreaking/infuriating/triggering descriptions and videos. The carceral state doesn't care if people die.

[lpbk2713]

1. Angel of mercy.

My ass.

[Demovictory9]

2. Horn and a detention officer sat at the jail's booking desk and discussed what they should write in

Horn and a detention officer sat at the jail’s booking desk and discussed what they should write in the incident reports describing why EMTs took Ellis to the hospital, video shows.

“Due to…” Horn paused for a moment. “…change in mental status — possible suicide.”

Horn continued: “Extremities were cold and blue. Discolored. Cold to the touch. And pain systemically.”

The detention officer asked her how to spell “systematically.” She paused, began to try to spell the word and laughed, video shows.

“Just put complaints of generalized pain over the entire body,” Horn said.