The NAACP and some residents in Clarksville are calling for a federal investigation into the arrest of 34-year-old Darius Chappell, who died in custody on Friday.
Chappell was arrested four days earlier by Montgomery County deputies, with assistance from a Clarksville police officer and K-9 dog, according to Clarksville Now.
A bystander’s video circulated online shows officers holding the man to the ground as he screams and struggles while the dog was biting him. Chappell’s sister posted on Facebook that her brother needed medical treatment, and thta her calls to the jail were not being answered. On Friday, Chappell was found unresponsive in his cell at the Montgomery County Jail and died after being transported to a hospital…