Family sues after jailed man overdoses on medication for his mental illness
by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Mar 01, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Lewis Nyarecha was found unresponsive on a top bunk at the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles by a fellow inmate. He had missed dinner the night before and breakfast that day.
Two L.A. County sheriff's deputies began to haul the 25-year-old Nyarecha off the bunk, only to drop him, slamming the back of his head on a metal desk and sending blood gushing.
Though he received CPR, Nyarecha would be declared dead on
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