by the lawyer for lashawn thompson show filthy conditions in what is believed to thompson's cell wheres found dead on september 19 last year. the fulton county medical examiner's autopsy report said thompson's cell was in "extremely poor condition with insect infection and other filthiness around him" and had a "severe bedbug infestation." the county's autopsy noted, "the body is infested with an enormous number of small insects that are 2 mm in length." thompson's cause of death is listed as undetermined. perhaps most shocking is a graphic image the family released that shows thompson's face at the time of his death. his family has asked that the world see it, with a warning to our viewers, we are showing it briefly now. lashawn thompson's death came after he had been held for three months on a misdemeanor charge and was put in the jail's psychiatric wing after officials determined he was mentally ill. the corrections officer who wrote the incident report about his death noted "i've communicated with mental health staff about the living conditions of inmate thompson on previous dates.

and we did over the past week here a little bit more from the family family of lashawn thompson and from their family attorney, michael harper , who says that thompson was in jail in custody for just three months before his death, held there in custody on misdemeanor assault charges. they are blaming the family's blaming and sanitary conditions at the jail and also complications from insect bites for thompson's death. now they are demanding three things at large, and those things are for a criminal investigation to be placed and done into thompson's death, also for the current jail fulton county jail atlanta is in fulton county for that jail to be closed and for a new one to be built in its place here what the family had to say. it's an inexcusable death. it is an outrage, and we call them all the citizens of 14 county to demand better and to demand a new jail. it was heartbreaking because nobody should be seen like that. nobody should see that. but the first thing that entered my mind was emmett till i thought about emmett to comparing those photos. it was heartbreaking without making a

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and what they are claiming that lashawn thompson went through in that jail is disturbing. we heard a little bit more about this from the family attorney michael harper and from the family, who spoke at a press conference this past week, and they said that despite this death happening in september of last year, it took them this long to get documents and piece together. what happened now, they said that thompson was in jail in custody for misdemeanor assault charge and that he was in this psychiatric wing due to some mental health issues, and he had only been there for three months . they are blaming unsanitary conditions and then complications from insect bites for his death, so they're making three big demands here. first they want to criminal investigation into thompson's death. they want the fulton county jail too close and they want a new one to be built in its place. listen now to thompson's own brother. what he had to say. it was heartbreaking because nobody should be seen like that. nobody should see that. but the first thing that entered my mind was emmett till i t

first, they are demanding a criminal investigation into the death of lashawn thompson. what happened here? how do we get to this point? secondly they are demanding for fulton county jail to be closed and a new one to be built in its place. now we really heard from the family and from the family attorney michael harper during a press conference. where they're blaming unsanitary conditions and complications from insect bites. for thompson's death back in september, the family attorney tells us that he had been in jail for just three months on a missed in custody for misdemeanor assault charge before his death. the family attorney also tells us that he was housed in the psychiatric wing due to mental health issues . here's what he had to, say michael harper, the family attorney, about the discovery of thompson's body. he was found in a deplorable, filthy jail cell. body was beaten and infested by insects and bugs, little deplorable situation. still, he was in was not fit for a disease animal. i have photographs here. and i want you guys to take a look at this. of the sale

and we did over the past week here a little bit more from the family family of lashawn thompson and fromtheir family attorney, michael harper, who says that thompson was in jail in custody for just three months before his death, held there in custody on misdemeanor assault charges. they are blaming the family's blaming and sanitary conditions at the jail and also complications from insect bites for thompson's death. now they are demanding three things at large, and those things are for a criminal investigation to be place and done into thompson's death, also for the current jail , fulton county jail atlanta is in fulton county for that jail to be closed and for a new one to be built in its place here what the family had to say. it's an inexcusable death. it is an outrage, and we call them all the citizens of fulton county to demand better and to demand a new jail. it was heartbreaking because nobody should be seen like that. nobody should see that. but the first thing that entered my mind was emmett till i thought about emmett to comparing those photos. it was heartbreaking. we did reach

i have to ask you about, um, how you were also representing the family of lashawn thompson.his case really stood out to me 35 year old man who died last september and atlanta's fulton county jail amid horrific conditions of filth and insects . this has made international news you call his death, a human rights violation. i mean, when you look at these pictures, it's just i mean, it is. it's shocking to see this. um what are your next steps in this case? you know, attorney michael harper and out we are focused on making sure that they can't sweep this under the rug. this happened in september, and it wasn't until these pictures were released that is finally getting attention. his family has been crying out for help us to what happened. i mean, he had 1000. bedbug bites over his body. he had bedbugs in his mouth and his nose and his eyes and his ears. i mean, this is a person who has a mental health issue and not a hardened criminal and the thanks , tyne county jail officials and the medical examiner trying to say it's undetermined. what killed him where we can just see from t