InarticulateQuilter

The inhumanity guts me but it's the inability to hold everyone involved responsible - from deputies 1 & 2 all the way up to #SanDiego Sheriff Martinez - that infuriates me

‘Please help me’ were his last words, uttered in a jail cell and ignored by a deputy. He died hours later.

Paywall:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/01/please-help-me-were-his-last-words-uttered-in-a-jail-cell-and-ignored-by-a-deputy-he-died-hours-later/

Paywall free:
https://archive.is/XqrNu

‘Please help me’ were his last words, uttered in a jail cell and ignored by a deputy. He died hours later.

‘I can’t breathe,’ said Bobby Ray Patton Jr., who was being treated for pneumonia. ‘I’m having chest pain so bad.’

San Diego Union-Tribune
7:54pmWeb
Show threadInarticulateQuilter4h ago

I so appreciate the jail death reporting of Kelly Davis and Jeff McDonald from the #SanDiego Union-Tribune. I've been following the County's Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board activity for 3+ years and I still didn't understand the importance of this case until reading the article linked above

CLERB deliberations are done in closed session. I hope they make the right finding.