Trump likely homeland security pick let an inmate die of thirst
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has a sordid history.
In the earning morning hours of April 24, Milwaukee County corrections officers entered 38-year-old Terrill Thomas’ jail cell to find him unconscious. Thomas was in solitary confinement awaiting trial for allegedly shooting a man at a casino during a mental breakdown.
Thomas’ attorneys and other inmates claim that six days earlier, officers had shut off the water supply to Thomas’ cell, allegedly as punishment for his erratic behavior. When he was found unresponsive, his body showed signs of “profound dehydration.” Inmates held near him said that in his final days, they could hear him begging for something to drink.
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Officers denied his pleas, and Thomas died as he was awaiting an evaluation for mental health issues.
In September, medical examiners ruled his death a homicide. Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., who oversees Milwaukee County’s jail, has refused to comment on Thomas’ death and the deaths of at least a dozen others in his prisons and jails since he was elected in 2002.
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