The Brief
- A woman in police custody in Oregon repeatedly told deputies she couldn’t breathe shortly before she died, according to video obtained by FOX 12 in Portland.
- Gerlinde Spring Lynch is heard saying she couldn’t breathe while being physically wrestled into a restraint chair by jail personnel on February 18.
- Lynch became unresponsive, and she died from a combination of issues, including methamphetamine toxicity, physical restraint, obesity and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to the Oregon State Medical Examiner, who ruled the death a homicide after a four-month investigation.
A woman in police custody in Oregon repeatedly told deputies she couldn’t breathe shortly before she died, according to video obtained by FOX 12 in Portland.
Gerlinde Spring Lynch is heard saying she couldn’t breathe while being physically wrestled into a restraint chair by jail personnel on February 18.
The backstory:…