Parents of Georgia woman who fell from patrol car and died demand answers

The mother and father of a Georgia girl who died after she fell from a transferring patrol automotive following her arrest fought again tears on Friday as they demanded solutions of their daughter’s demise.

Brianna Grier, 28, suffered important accidents on 15 July and died six days later at an Atlanta hospital. The Georgia bureau of investigation stated this week that the deputies who put Grier behind a patrol automotive to take her to the Hancock county sheriff’s workplace failed to shut the rear passenger-side door earlier than driving away.

“We’re attempting to get solutions of what actually occurred … We ain’t attempting to start out no downside,” a tearful Marvin Grier, Brianna’s father, stated throughout a information convention, his voice catching a number of occasions. He was joined by Brianna’s mom and sister, Mary and Lottie Grier.

Grier was arrested after Hancock county sheriff’s deputies had been referred to as to a house in Sparta, the GBI has stated. The deputies put Grier behind a patrol automotive, however she was not sporting a seatbelt, her fingers had been cuffed in entrance of her and the rear passenger-side door was by no means closed, in response to GBI investigators.

The GBI has not stated why deputies had been referred to as to the house or why Grier was arrested. The distinguished civil rights legal professional Ben Crump, who’s representing her household, stated Grier was taken into custody after a psychological well being disaster.

“But once more we’ve got one other African American citizen killed in simply an unbelievable method whereas within the custody of the police,” Crump stated on the Friday information convention in downtown Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta.

He addressed Grier’s mother and father: “We gained’t allow them to sweep your child daughter’s demise beneath the rug.”

Crump stated his crew would examine what failures prompted Grier to fall out of the automotive whereas it was transferring and undergo a mind harm that put her in a coma till she died on 21 July.

The president of the Georgia State Convention of the NAACP, Gerald Griggs, referred to as on state and county officers for solutions.

“To the Hancock county sheriff, it’s time to be clear,” Griggs stated. “It’s time to be accountable. To the GBI, it’s time for y’all to satisfy with this household. To the governor, it’s time so that you can acknowledge, once more, that Georgia has a police accountability downside.”

The GBI has stated brokers have completed interviews, reviewed a number of physique digicam movies and completed mechanical exams on the patrol automotive as a part of the continued investigation into Grier’s demise.