Custodial death of man with Down syndrome

Custodial death of man with Down syndrome

Custodial death of man with Down syndrome

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether or not the civil rights of Robert Ethan Saylor, who had Down syndrome, were violated in the fatal encounter with three off-duty Frederick County deputies who forcibly removed him coming from a movie theatre, Frederick Sheriff Charles A. Jenkins said in the interview Friday.

Your research comes months after Saylor’s parents and national Down syndrome advocacy groups met with department attorneys to request a completely independent research the Jan. 12 death.

Enkins said he learned of the investigation weeks ago in a letter from your Justice Department and welcomes it. Once investigators evaluate the facts, he stated, ’ ”they’re going to say: ’ ”determine what? There is not any excessive force, no inappropriate actions or wrongdoing by these deputies. This is simply an unfortunate situation where this man was built with a medical emergency while being escorted out from the theater’ ”

Soon, the sheriff’s office released documents detailing its investigation in the death with the 26-year-old. But seeing the 98-page incident report and 22 witness statements, advocacy groups and Saylor’s parents say their concerns in what happened that night weren't allayed.

“We feel strongly, given Monday’s report, that excessive force was adopted by Ethan and had the problem been handled differently, the three officers might have de-escalated the problem in a number of various ways,”said Sara Weir at the National Down Syndrome Society.

The business was the type of that met with Justice Department officials in February and March. It as well as the Saylor family have called on Maryland to produce a completely independent investigation into the death.