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United States·Human Rights

Kentucky family sues police after officer charged in man's death, demands video release

Saturday, 18 April 2026, 00:08 · 1 min read

The family of Charles Adair, a man who died in custody in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the county sheriff, local government, and deputy Richard Fatherley, who was charged in September with second-degree murder. Investigators found that Fatherley pressed his knee into the back of the handcuffed Adair — who had serious medical conditions including a bone infection, diabetes complications, and schizophrenia — for nearly a minute and a half, after Adair threw himself from a wheelchair and was placed face-down on a bunk. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, is demanding that video footage of the incident be made public, arguing that transparency is essential when someone dies in police custody.

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The GuardianFamily of US man who died after officer shoved knee into back sues police ↗︎
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