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Civil rights group wants video in death of black Kentucky teen
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:30pm EST
Civil rights group wants video in death of black Kentucky teen
LOUISVILLE, KY. | BY STEVE BITTENBENDER
A civil rights group on Thursday demanded the release of surveillance video from the Kentucky juvenile detention center where a 16-year-old black girl died the day after she was admitted.
In an online petition signed by nearly 53,000 people, ColorofChange.org urged state officials to release unedited video footage from the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center near Louisville, where Gynnya McMillen was found unresponsive on Jan. 11.
“Gynnya’s family and community members deserve to know if protocol was followed when handling Gynnya while she was alive and after she was found unresponsive,” McMillen’s brother Greg Mitchell, who started the petition on Feb. 2, said in a statement.
Officials at the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and Governor Matt Bevin's office were not immediately available for comment.
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Civil rights group wants video in death of black Kentucky teen
LOUISVILLE, KY. | BY STEVE BITTENBENDER
A civil rights group on Thursday demanded the release of surveillance video from the Kentucky juvenile detention center where a 16-year-old black girl died the day after she was admitted.
In an online petition signed by nearly 53,000 people, ColorofChange.org urged state officials to release unedited video footage from the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center near Louisville, where Gynnya McMillen was found unresponsive on Jan. 11.
“Gynnya’s family and community members deserve to know if protocol was followed when handling Gynnya while she was alive and after she was found unresponsive,” McMillen’s brother Greg Mitchell, who started the petition on Feb. 2, said in a statement.
Officials at the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and Governor Matt Bevin's office were not immediately available for comment.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-teenager-idUSKCN0VK24K
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