Cuyahoga Sheriff backs off Tasha Grant investigation amid family criticism

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel has changed his stance and is now allowing an outside agency to investigate the death of Tasha Grant, a double amputee, who died after being restrained at MetroHealth Medical Center in May.

Trumbull County sheriff’s detectives will now investigate Grant’s death and the actions of a sheriff’s deputy and Metro police officers who restrained her, a Cuyahoga County spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

It is unclear when or why Pretel shifted his stance after months of resistance…

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