Video shows Union County jail officers fatally assault son in cell, mom says
Source: NJ.com
By Tom Haydon
ELIZABETH — A video shows an upset William Parisio pleading to be left in his cell in the Union County jail, according to a lawyer for Parisio's family. When the obviously fearfully inmate refuses to come out, the video shows officers in helmets and tactical gear rushing into the cell, the lawyer said.
“You see a young man just scared and pathetic, begging not to be taken out,” said the attorney, Anthony Macri of Parsippany, who is representing Parisio's mother, Diane McKernan.
Macri said the video of the February incident shows six officers holding Parisio down and restraining him with a belt across his chest, an assault that cut off the 25-year-old inmate’s airway and stopped his breathing, ultimately killing him.
Today, Macri announced that the mother has filed suit against the jail and Union County, accusing the officers of using excessive force and failing to recognize that Parisio stopped breathing, delaying efforts to resuscitate him. Macri said he and a physician he hired have seen the video, but the attorney does not yet have a copy of it. The officers, Macri said, were trying to get Parisio to a meeting with a psychiatrist.
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Video: http://video-embed.nj.com/services/player/bcpid1950981419001?bctid=3924236899001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAPLMILBk~,Vn8u6tPOf8Us2eD8W1ez5Zw-Ss_6Anfe
Diane McKernan, the mother of William Parisio, an inmate who died last Thursday in the Union County jail, breaks down in tears as she talks about her sons death. She her attorney Anthony Macri say the mishandling of her son by jail guards trying to subdue him lead to his death. Parsippany, NJ 12/4/14 (Robert Sciarrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,266,800 adults were incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails at year-end 2011 – about 0.94% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[8] Additionally, 4,814,200 adults at year-end 2011 were on probation or on parole.[12] In total, 6,977,700 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2011 – about 2.9% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[12]
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