The personal attorney for 32-year-old Rashaud Martin, a schizophrenic man who died in the custody of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, is raising questions about what happened in the moments before Martin died.
According to police reports, Martin was found unresponsive by officers outside of the Mental Health Resources Center on 3333 W 20th Street on Friday, October 24th. Officers said they decided to Baker Act him following a domestic disturbance call at his mother’s home on Harriet Avenue.
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Attorney Justin Drach, who has represented Martin since 2021, told Action News Jax he learned the details of the police report related to this incident through an Action News Jax report – not from the police.
Drach says that before Action News Jax aired the news of Martin’s death, he had submitted a public records request to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for body camera footage related to the incident.
Drach says that the request was sent just before 10 in the morning on Tuesday, October 29th…