FBI to Investigate Suspicious Colbert Death

 

The Colbert County Sheriff's Office has announced that the FBI will be investigating the recent hanging death of Dennoriss Richardson. The death had been ruled suicide by local investigators, but many family members suspect foul play in what some have called a lynching.

Richardson had filed a lawsuit against the Sheffield Police Department and various officers claiming:

* He was restrained in a chair for three hours

* He was forced to remain in a pepper-sprayed cell

* He was denied medical care

* He was assaulted about the head and neck

It's unknown how long the FBI will be investigating the actions of the current and former officers named in the suit.

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