KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Three staff members of a Michigan youth center have been charged in the death of a Black teenager who died while being restrained after throwing a sandwich, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting announced Wednesday.
Mosley and Solis are also accused of restraining Fredericks in a “grossly negligent manner,” Getting said. McLogan is accused of gross negligence for allegedly failing to seek medical care for the teen in a timely manner. “In my opinion, the complications of him being restrained, on the ground in a supine position by multiple people, is ultimately what led to his death,” Brown said.
Efforts to contact Mosley, Solis and McLogan for comments on the charges filed against them were unsuccessful Wednesday because telephone numbers for the three couldn’t immediately be found. Fredericks went into cardiac arrest April 29. At the time, authorities said he was being restrained by staff after throwing a sandwich.
These articles should have Sequel in the headlines. Every American needs to hear the name Sequel and shudder. They need to be held accountable. This is not some random event. It’s systemic and everyday operation for Sequel facilities.
Sequel psych facilities are dangerous. States ship foster children from around the country within this network of facilities where kids are tortured, raped and even killed. Taxpayers fund it. The states invest in these facilities. Politicians gasp, clutch pearls and it continues.
I hate that this needs to be said, but...they got those staff members faster than they would ever apprehend police for doing the exact same thing.