Adair Family Sues Over Death in Jail
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The family of Charles Adair, a 50-year-old man who died in Wyandotte County Jail last July, has filed a federal lawsuit against the county government, Sheriff Daniel Soptic, and five unnamed deputies. Adair died after a deputy, Richard Fatherley, held him down in a prone restraint for over a minute during a scuffle, leading to mechanical asphyxia, a homicide caused by force blocking his breathing. Fatherley faces criminal charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Adairs lawyers, including Ben Crump, had given the county a deadline for a $25 million settlement talk, but got no deal. Adairs loved ones say he wasnt a threat and had serious health issues, including untreated diabetes, a bone infection, a pacemaker, blood clots, hypertension, and schizophrenia. New details in the case point to poor training and policy violations by Fatherley. The lawsuit hits on excessive force, bad supervision, negligence, and wrongful death claims under the Fourteenth Amendment, with no court dates set yet.
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