‘The system took my brother’: family demands answers in LA jail death
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#5TZGD)
After Jalani Lovett, 27, died in solitary confinement, his mother wants the sheriff's department to be held accountable: They have no regard for human life'
The family of Jalani Lovett, a 27-year-old who died in a Los Angeles jail last year, is demanding that the county sheriff's department be held accountable and authorities release more information about the final moments of his life.
Lovett died in solitary confinement in Men's Central jail in downtown LA on 22 September. The county coroner released an autopsy report on Tuesday saying Lovett's death was accidental" and that he had fentanyl and heroin in his system.
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