Died October 2011, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Elliott Williams (born 1974) was a US Army veteran who died in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail in October 2011, from the complications of a broken neck and dehydration, after being left to die on the concrete floor of a jail cell.
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Jailing
Williams was arrested in the lobby of a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel for misdemeanor obstruction.
While Williams was in his cell, incapacitated, food and water were brought to him but he was unable to reach them; jail officials taunted him and accused him of faking his injuries.
Ruling
In July 2016, U.S. District Judge John Dowdell ruled that a federal civil rights lawsuit against former Sheriff Stanley Glanz and Tulsa County officials could proceed.
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