A California man died in police custody after collapsing to the floor in his jail cell on July 14. The Los Angeles Police Department said 51-year-old Derrick Harden revealed he ingested methamphetamine prior to being locked behind bars. Harden was pronounced dead after paramedics provided life-saving measures for nearly an hour. The Law&Crime Network’s Sierra Gillespie has the details.
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I was with this man for 17 years. From the time I was 19 to 36. He was my best friend. I just want people to know that the circumstances that surround his death, dont reflect the way he lived his life.He made some bad decisions & got caught up. It happens to the best of us. I met him while he was in college & he taught me so much. He loved to learn. He loved to enlighten people. He loved music. He loved animals. He loved sports. He loved to smoke weed. He loved the city of Los Angeles. He loved his family & friends. And he loved me. Unconditionally. I miss him every day. It is so hard to see this. It's even harder to think that people will never know what he was really all about.
R.I.P. Derrick I miss you everyday.
I love you always
I'd look more towards the hospital staff.
So what.
No humans died in this video.
I wonder how long it took them to find him? Because they leave you there to rot!!!
now his pain free….rest in peace …
50 year olds need to stop the drugs!
Oh well. Life goes on.
RIP I hope he didn’t suffer … they were not 100 percent sure what the substance was btw he probably has a bad heart that cause passing out and or cardiac arrest ….
I wish you people in these comments nothing but utter misery and pain, you monsters don’t deserve anything good.
Rip you deserved help, maybe you could have turned your life around
Good news.
I see an unwarranted family lawsuit and payday for the family
Perfect
A lot of these comments are unhinged 🤸♀️
My ex wife is a meth addict…she also has stage 4 cancer. Still kickin for some reason.
What a horrible death
Overdose case it seema
👿 don’t do drugs kids!!
Well that’s methed up
Don’t do drugs kids. Simple as that.
He died doing what he loved
Why do people use drugs?
It’s beyond me
This man, Derrick Harden, flops exactly like James Harden!
Yeah.. figured. Jail will be cleared, they did nothing wrong. This is just protocol since he was in custody.
It is his own fault for kicking the bucket. Do not do drugs.
He ate drugs, so it's the cops fault.
Did anyone notice he was obese? Yeah, sure that had nothing to do with it. Oh and breaking the law on his own getting himself there, but liberals don’t like those facts 😂
The ED staff basically said yeah he’s good, the fact that he was in a 1 person cell tells you they wanted this to happen
Thanks for saving taxpayers some money !
Lord please heal this comment section 🙏
did I just watch someone do the flop
George floyds cousin, i cant breathe.
Bye, Felicia!
He possibly swallowed some of his stash when getting nicked and when it kicked in it killed him. ?
Lmao
Unhealthy death.
Completely normal, thanks for the inside info.
So he did it to himself 👍🏽🤔🙄🤨
None of you have ever been addicted to drugs im guessing. The comment section is disgusting. I hope your family member never has a drug problem and dies from withdrawal.
Moral of the story, don't be morbidly obese or do drugs.
Well he learned that day to not do meth.
A win for society.
To be fair, he was on meth – he was pretty much mostly dead already. Just one less drug addled criminal wandering the streets now.
Who's cares 😂