This is why local outlets matter: Ocala Gazette sued to get jail footage showing a schizophrenic inmate was compliant when deputies rushed him, held him down, and tased him until he died Judge allowed paper to view but not publish video bc of "security concerns" www.ocalagazette.com/jail-footage...
Footage obtained through the “Ocala Gazette’s” lawsuit against the Marion County Sheriff’s Office showed that inmate Scott Whitley exhibited no physical violence toward Marion County Jail detention de...
Billy Woods is a blight on that county.
I get that it's probably not up to the journalists, but I really wish they'd frame these stories the same way as any other crime. I want wild speculation from law professors on max prison terms the guards could face for murder.
That’s incredibly sad
Would love to see the Marion County Sheriff go down in flames, but unlikely to happen
I filed a records request for the same footage, but I don't have the means or time to pursue a lawsuit over in Marion County. Without the lawsuit, nothing is stopping the government from preserving lies about a man's death as fact.
