Mother sues after son dies in Alabama jail due to alleged abuse and neglect

A mother in Alabama filed a wrongful death lawsuit after her son, Tony Mitchell, was left naked and languishing in a concrete cell for days, leading to his death from hypothermia. The lawsuit accuses jail staff members of looking on and chatting outside his open cell door as he died, and of malicious abuse and deliberate indifference. The complaint was filed on Monday at the US District Court for Northern Alabama. The suit also alleges …

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