In a similar case, news reports surfaced yesterday of the death of a 24-year-old Lakota woman named Sarah Lee Circle Bear, who was found unresponsive in a jail cell on July 6 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She had been arrested on a violation of her bond. Sarah Lee Circle Bear had reportedly told her jailers that she was in pain, but they had told her to “knock it off” and “quit faking it.” When she was later found unresponsive, she was transferred to a nearby hospital, where she died.
Lakota Woman Sarah Lee Circle Bear Died After Jailers Ignored Pleas
HeadlineJul 29, 2015