Black Texas prisoner gassed, brutalized in solitary confinement cell

[Judi Lynn]

August 3, 2021

White ranking guards do the ‘work’; Black camera operator closes her eyes in disbelief
by Jason Renard Walker

Seconds after having his cell gassed by Polunsky Unit’s Lt. Corbett, Marquis Kingbury, #2303732, a Black inmate, was nearly killed by Corbett, Sgt. Schwartz and a team of racist white guards in riot gear, as they rushed into his solitary confinement cell with a large shield and riot baton on July 22, 2021, between 1:25 p.m. and 1:49 p.m.. I was Kingbury’s neighbor and a witness.

It was the most senseless and brutalizing beating I’ve ever heard. After nearly five minutes of the sound of punching, kicking and a riot baton being used, Kingbury was cuffed and pulled out of his cell. Kingbury’s left eye was badly bruised and swollen shut; his jaw seemed dislocated; his mouth hung open as thick blood drained out. He did mention that his fingers were broken and he was beaten in the head, over and over. Pictures of his face and body were taken.

A short white or Hispanic female nurse was called after the beating. She viewed Kingbury’s injuries from over 50 feet away and deemed he didn’t need medical care. Kingbury obviously had a concussion and was too dazed and beaten to accept or deny any treatment. He was terrorized. “Ima just leave that shit alone cause they might come back and do it again,” he said in response to me asking if he needed me to have his family contacted. “I thought I was gonna die.”

During the attempted murder, a short Black female guard with dyed blonde hair silently looked on through the portable video camera. Several minutes into it she closed her eyes in disbelief.

Corbett falsely yelled over and over, “Stop resisting” as Kingbury lay unconscious and defenseless. Witnesses say he was out the entire time. “They knocked me out, woke me back up, knocked me out and woke me back up,” Kingbury said, still dazed and confused.

More:
https://sfbayview.com/2021/08/black-texas-prisoner-gassed-brutalized-in-solitary-confinement-cell/

[cate94]

1. Horrifying

[secondwind]

2. WTF???!!???!!

That’s almost two weeks ago…. And nothing’s been done about this?

(I did not read the article)

[7wo7rees]

3. I am so terribly ill, sick of this. God help us all. We used to stand up, lead protests..

To what avail?
Just sick at heart.

Thsnk you JudiLynn for posting. Wish i had more....

Ms.7wo7rees

[Duppers]

4. OMG!

How does a human become so cruel?!!

[Probatim]

5. What's the difference between this beating and anything in a WWII concentration camp?

This is horrific - and lots of people need to lose their jobs over this. And not just these assholes. Their bosses needed to be stripped of everything as well.

[RussBLib]

6. I'm skeptical

The story seems too gruesome and absurd to be true. My white privileged mind shuts down when I hear outrageous stories of senseless white brutality on blacks, and in a prison death-row environment when the prisoners are mostly powerless.......?

I said I was skeptical, and yet I tend to believe the story. That area of SE Texas is pretty damn racist. I live in a fucked-up state (Texas) and a fucked-up nation.