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Batts' autopsy showed the inmate died from meningitis and that he had the drug fentanyl in his system. "The death of David Batts is an example of unchecked brutality within the justice system.

David Batts, 46, was admitted to a local hospital following a short stay at the jail sometime on Jan. 7 with several cuts and an extremely bruised and swollen face. He died Jan. 8.

“The death of David Batts is an example of unchecked brutality within the justice system,” Crump said. “His family deserves answers, accountability, and justice for this horrific loss.

Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the family of David Batts, the former Knoxville Area Transit employee who died after he left the Roger D. Wilson Detention ...

Attendees included members of Batts' family, who asked for an investigation into why he was beaten in the jail and why he wasn't taken back to the hospital when he was clearly not acting normally.

Within minutes after David Batts entered the Knox County jail on Jan. 7, Knox County sheriff's officers pepper-sprayed, shocked him with a Taser four times and punched him as they tried to get him ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An autopsy report has confirmed that the death of David Batts, a man who died after being in Knox County custody in January, was caused by acute meningitis and sepsis ...

David Batts, a 46-year-old employee of Knoxville Area Transit (KAT), died this month after an encounter with Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) jail staff.

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"The death of David Batts is an example of unchecked brutality within the justice system. His family deserves answers, accountability and justice for this horrific loss,” Crump said in a statement.