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Civil-rights lawyers and family demand independent probe after detainee loses limbs amid allegations of delayed care at Fulton County Jail
Summary
Attorneys representing Rashad Mohammed told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners that Mohammed lost hands and legs after 11 days without antibiotics in county custody, calling the outcome "preventable" and urging an independent investigation, transparency about medical-vendor decisions and accountability from officials.
Ben Crump, the civil-rights attorney, told the Fulton County Board of Commissioners during public comment that the case of detainee Rashad Mohammed exposed systemic failures at the Fulton County Jail. "He told them that it was a matter of his life or death," Crump said, summarizing Mohammed’s repeated requests for care. "He went into custody with his legs and fingers, and he came out with neither," Eric Kurtz, another attorney representing Mohammed, added.
The visitors’ testimony — including a direct account from Mohammed, who said he lay on the floor and finally was taken by stretcher to Grady Memorial Hospital — prompted repeated calls from speakers and several commissioners for an outside investigation. Mohammed described multiple missed…
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