Protesters gathered in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday to demand justice for Lisa Edwards, a 60-year-old woman who died after suffering a stroke in the back of a Knoxville police patrol car. Edwards was arrested on February 5 on trespassing charges after she refused to leave a local hospital following her discharge. At the time of her arrest, she was still wearing her hospital gown. Police bodycam video shows she repeatedly told officers she needed medical care, saying, “I’m going to have a stroke,” and “I can’t breathe.”
At another point, Lisa Edwards can be heard telling the Knoxville police officers, “You guys are going to let me die.” One officer can be heard dismissing her warning, saying, “It’s all an act.” Instead of bringing her back inside the hospital, officers placed her in the back of a patrol car, where she became unresponsive. Eventually she was brought back to the same hospital, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. She was then placed on life support and died the following day.
— source democracynow.org | Feb 28, 2023