Linwood Lambert
Linwood Lambert Jr. died on May 4, 2013, after South Boston police officers took him from a motel call to a hospital and then transported him in a patrol car. Officers used stun guns on him repeatedly at the hospital and in the car, and he was found unresponsive at the jail sally port. An autopsy attributed his death to cocaine-induced excited delirium, while his family disputes that account and pursued the case through court hearings and a civil lawsuit. In 2016, federal prosecutors declined to bring civil rights charges against the three officers.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). Officers tased him repeatedly; an autopsy attributed the death to cocaine-induced excited delirium, while his family disputes that account.
Reported by: autopsy report; his family.
Lawsuit: A civil suit over Linwood Lambert's death is on appeal, and federal prosecutors declined to bring civil rights charges against the officers in 2016.