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Homeless NH Man Who Won Lawsuit Against Cops Is Found Dead in Cell
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/03/homeless_nh_man_who_won_lawsuit_against_cops_over_arrests_for_panhandling.htmlA homeless Nashua, N.H., man who had won settlements against two police departments in New Hampshire over arrests concerning panhandling and vagrancy was found dead in his cell at a Manchester, N.H., jail Sunday, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports....
On Sunday at about 2:45 p.m., the 26-year-old was found unconscious in his cell. According to the Union Leader, corrections officers, jail medical staff, Manchester firefighters and ambulance workers all tried to revive Pendleton, but he was declared dead at 3:19 p.m., jail officials said in a statement released Monday.
“There appeared no indication that Mr. Pendleton was in any form of distress,” Hillsborough County Corrections Superintendent David Dionne said....
“We will deeply miss Jeff,” Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, said, according to the Union Leader. “He knew there were people like him out there having similar interactions with law enforcement. ... He wanted change, whether if for a black person or simply a poor person out of work.
On Sunday at about 2:45 p.m., the 26-year-old was found unconscious in his cell. According to the Union Leader, corrections officers, jail medical staff, Manchester firefighters and ambulance workers all tried to revive Pendleton, but he was declared dead at 3:19 p.m., jail officials said in a statement released Monday.
“There appeared no indication that Mr. Pendleton was in any form of distress,” Hillsborough County Corrections Superintendent David Dionne said....
“We will deeply miss Jeff,” Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, said, according to the Union Leader. “He knew there were people like him out there having similar interactions with law enforcement. ... He wanted change, whether if for a black person or simply a poor person out of work.
