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 ...

After the struggle, jail staff left and Batts was seen wandering around the holding cell, lying down and looking out the window for the next eight hours from 2:39 p.m. to 10:53 p.m. Spangler said ...

David Batts died Jan. 8 after he was beaten by Knox County jail officers the day before. The 46-year-old Knoxville man was disoriented and acting bizarrely when police first encountered him.

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 ...

David Batts died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center from a meningitis infection at 11:25 p.m. Jan. 8 after being jailed the day before, according to his autopsy report.

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.

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 ...

The family of David Batts, Sr. who died after being in the custody of the Knox County Sheriff's Office, plan to announce the filing of a notice of claim against the University of Tennessee Medical ...

Batts’ wife, Sarah Mack, and son, David Batts Jr., stood alongside Crump to announce the legal action. “Myself and David met our 10th grade year of high school,” Mack said, “We were ...

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.

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 ...