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Clint Yarbrough

33 years old · died 2005 · Maricopa County 4th Avenue Jail, Maricopa County, Arizona

Clint Yarbrough, 33, became ill in a Phoenix convenience store in December 2005 and asked for help. The lawsuit says police tried to pull him to the ground, and that he was then strapped into a restraint chair at the Fourth Avenue Jail, where he was later held. He died in 2005. Maricopa County paid his family and estate $2 million in 2007, and the county stopped using restraint chairs in 2006.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed; neglect alleged). Clint Yarbrough's family and estate's lawsuit says jail staff strapped him into a restraint chair at the Fourth Avenue Jail, and Maricopa County paid $2 million in 2007 to settle that claim.

Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).

Lawsuit: His family and estate sued Maricopa County and received $2 million from the county in 2007.

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