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>>> A CALL FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND RESPONSE TO
AN 11ALIVE REFILL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY
COMMISSIONER ARE DEMANDING AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF
A MAN AND SET A JAIL CELL.
LAST NIGHT WE WERE THE FIRST TO
TELL YOU ABOUT KEVIL WINGO'S
DEATH AT THE COBB COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER.
DETENTION CENTER. HE DIED AFTER BEGGING FOR HELP.
LITERALLY PLEADING.
LITERALLY PLEADING. VIDEO SHOWS HE REPEATEDLY WAS
YELLING HE COULD NOT BREATHE.
HE WAS PLACED IN A PADDED
ISOLATION ROOM WHERE HE DIED.
THE INVESTIGATOR BREAKS DOWN
THE HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS AT
THE JAIL.
THE JAIL.
THE JAIL. HE TALKS TO A NURSING EXPERT
ABOUT WHAT SHE BELIEVES WENT
WRONG.
WRONG.
HE
HE JUST
HE JUST BROKE OUT IN A BIG, BIG SWEAT.
SWEAT.
SWEAT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT HIM LIKE HE
IS DETOXING BUT I
NOT COME GET HIM.
>> ONE DOZEN INMATES SOUNDED
THE ALARM WHEN THEY SAW KEVIL
WINGO SICK.
WINGO SICK. >> NOBODY TOOK HIM SERIOUS.
NOBODY TOOK HIM SERIOUS.
>> IT IS LIKE HE SAYS I HAVE
ABDOMINAL PAIN, I AM VOMITING
AND NAUSEATED AND I HAVE AN
ULCER.
ULCER.
ULCER. THEY WENT, SO WHAT?
>> WHEN SHE FIRST SAW VIDEO
INSIDE THE INFIRMARY SHE FELT
CONFIDENT THE 36-YEAR-OLD WAS
NOT TAKING.
NOT TAKING. >> I LOVE TO SAY I HAVE SEEN IT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. >>
ALL. >> WIZOMETER TEEN CLAIRE TESKE
IS A REGISTERS NURSE.
11ALIVE ASKED HER TO REVIEW THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> THIS MAN WAS A WALKING TIME
BOMB.
BOMB.
BOMB. THEY PUT HIM IN A CELL AND LEFT
HIM THERE.
HIM THERE. THAT IS PRETTY DISTURBING.
>> CLAIRE TESKE SAID THE FIRS
SIGN WAS WHEN HE ARRIVED IN
WHEELCHAIR COMPLAINING OF AN
ULCER.
ULCER.
ULCER. >>
ULCER. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF THAT
MAN HAD COME IN FRONT OF ME IN
THE INFIRMARY, I WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY HAD SOMEBODY TAKE HIS
VITALS AND CHECKED HIM BUT I
WOULD ALSO HAVE CALLED AN
AMBULANCE.
AMBULANCE. I WOULD LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.
>> A NURSE PLAYING CARD GAMES
ON THE COMPUTER FOR HOURS WHILE
KEVIL WINGO PLEADED FOR HELP
AND AFTER HE COLLAPSED OUTSIDE
OF HIS CELL.
>> THE NURSES WERE SITTING
BEHIND THE DESK.
THREE OF THEM WERE SITTING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. NOT ONE OF THEM GOT UP AND WENT
AROUND TO SEE IF THAT MAN WAS
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. I
OKAY. I WOULD NOT HAVE AN EMPLOYEE
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. >> AT THE TIME WELLSTAR HEALTH
SYSTEM STAFFED THE INFIRMARY.
IN THE EMAILS THEY WROTE
WERE UNAWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC
CLAIMS AROUND THE EVENTS UNTIL
AFTER 11ALIVE SHARED FINDINGS.
12 DAYS LATER WELLSTAR HEALTH
SYSTEM ROBACK TO SAY THAT WHAT
THEY HAVE SEEN AND LEARNED IS
HEARTBREAKING AND UNACCEPTABLE.
MORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BUT
CONCERNS ABOUT THE CARE IS NOT
THE ONLY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE
JAIL OR THE WELLSTAR HEALTH
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >>> SIX INMATES HAVE DIED IN
CUSTOMARY .
CUSTOMARY . >> OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS
11ALIVE REPORTED SEVEN OTHER
DEATHS AND THE OUTRAGE THAT
FOLLOWED.
FOLLOWED.
FOLLOWED. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND
ATTORNEYS OF THE INMATES
DEMANDING ANSWERS.
DEMANDING ANSWERS. >> IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS WAY.
>> WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.
SHE WANTS A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO
KEVIL WINGO'S DEATH.
>> THERE IS MANY CASES THAT IS
IS SO FAMILIAR TO THIS CASE
THAT IT IS ALL OVERDUE IN THE
SPOTLIGHT ON COBB COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER NEEDS TO BE
SHINED ON.
SHINED ON. >> SHE BELIEVES IT IS ROOTED
IN THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
>> THIS IS A REPUTATION OF IF
YOU ARE OF ETHNIC BACKGROUND,
DON'T GET CAUGHT IN COBB
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. >> THEY ARE PLAYING GAMES.
HE IS PLAYING AROUND.
>> YOU WATCH THE VIDEO AND IT
IS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THING
I HAVE EVER SEEN.
>> THAT WAS REALLY TOUGH TO
WATCH.
WATCH.
WATCH. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEP.
WHAT IS THE DAS RESPONSE TO THE
NEW CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?
>> THE DA CONFIRMED IT HAS
WATCHED THE STORY AND RECEIVED
A LETTER FROM ME FAMILY
ATTORNEY OUTLINING WHY THEY
BELIEVE A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE LAUNCHED
BUT THEY WOULD ONLY SAY IT HAS
THE INFORMATION AND IT IS
REVIEWING IT.
REVIEWING IT. >> THE CHAIRMAN IS WEIGHING
AND, RIGHT?
AND, RIGHT? >> HE IS AND IN AN EMAIL HE
SENT ME THE CHAIRMAN WROTE THAT
MORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY
MEDICAL STAFF TO ASSIST KEVIL
WINGO AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS
UNACCEPTABLE.
UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THEY CAN
WORK WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
GOING FORWARD TO ENSURE THE
CURRENT MEDICAL CONTRACTOR HAS
PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO PROVIDE
THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE FOR
INMATES.
INMATES.
INMATES. WE ASKED WHETHER HE THINKS THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SHOULD
BE LAUNCHED.
BE LAUNCHED. SO FAR NO RESPONSE.
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