Phillip Garcia died after just 44 hours in the hands of authorities in Riverside County, California.
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Tue. Jun 16, 2020
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“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”
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Phillip Garcia was in psychiatric crisis. In jail and in the hospital, guards responded with force and restrained the 51-year-old inmate for almost 20 hours, until he died. Warning: graphic video content.
by Thalia Beaty, Ryan Gabrielson, Nadia Sussman and Lucas Waldron
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