Jail Officer Beats Inmate To Death

North Carolina Wake County detention officer Markeith Council is being charged with voluntary manslaughter after beating an inmate to death.  The victim, Shon Demetrius McClain had been in custody just over two weeks due to the misdemeanor charges: possession of drug paraphernalia and drinking alcohol in public.  McClain was 40-years-old and a weighed only 119 lbs. Here is the actual video of the incident. 


McClain was reportedly complaining to the officer about a previous incident of nearly crushing his hand in a cell door. 

Council testified that McClain had struck him in the face, even though the footage clearly states Council acting first by shoving the inmate McClain. Than punching him and proceed to slam McClain onto the ground like a rag doll. 

During his cross-examination Wednesday, Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby focused on the physical differences between the men.  Willoughby asked Council whether he considered subduing McClain by sitting on him, rather than slamming him to the ground.

“Why did you throw him down the second time?” the prosecutor asked. “You know that at that point, throwing him down was going to hurt him.”

Council replied: “I didn’t think to hurt him. I was thinking about getting him off of me.”

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