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Family Demands Justice for Saniyah Cheatham, Found Hanged to Death in NYPD Holding Cell

HeadlineJul 23, 2025

Here in New York, family and community members gathered Tuesday for a wake service to commemorate Saniyah Cheatham, an 18-year-old young Black woman from the Bronx who died in NYPD custody earlier this month. City medical examiners ruled the teen’s death a suicide, but her family continues to demand justice and answers into what led to her death, after Cheatham was found hanging in a holding cell at an NYPD precinct on July 5. The family is being represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

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