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Jan 10, 2025 | 
lookoutnews.org | Tirzah Christopher
When thems. (with a period) showed up in 2022, the mission was simple: put on some art events that would bring together some unknown talent, gather people who wear cool outfits, and maybe—just maybe—build a community around Phoenix's notoriously undervalued queer art scene. One of their first ideas was a poetry night: a throwback to cafe culture of the 60's and something that many of us had thought was going to be a bad hangover from the 90's.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
lookoutphx.org | Tirzah Christopher
When thems. (with a period) showed up in 2022, the mission was simple: put on some art events that would bring together some unknown talent, gather people who wear cool outfits, and maybe, just maybe, build a community around Phoenix's notoriously undervalued queer art scene. One of their first ideas was a poetry night: a throwback to cafe culture of the 60's and something that many of us had thought was going to be a bad hangover from the 90's.
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May 14, 2024 | 
chicagolawbulletin.com | Jonmaesha Beltran |Tyler Dedrick |Taylor Bayly |Tirzah Christopher
Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s back. The fifth placed his weight on the man’s buttocks.Five officers from the Hampton city and Henry County police departments in Georgia subdued Rodriguez late on Sept. 20, 2019, after receiving multiple calls about a nude man walking down a blacktop road.
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May 14, 2024 | 
caledonianrecord.com | Jonmaesha Beltran |Tyler Dedrick |Taylor Bayly |Tirzah Christopher
Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez's outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old's legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez's back. The fifth placed his weight on the man's buttocks. Five officers from the Hampton city and Henry County police departments in Georgia subdued Rodriguez late on Sept. 20, 2019, after receiving multiple calls about a nude man walking down a blacktop road.
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May 14, 2024 | 
chronicleonline.com | Jonmaesha Beltran |Tyler Dedrick |Taylor Bayly |Tirzah Christopher
Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s back. The fifth placed his weight on the man’s buttocks. Five officers from the Hampton city and Henry County police departments in Georgia subdued Rodriguez late on Sept. 20, 2019, after receiving multiple calls about a nude man walking down a blacktop road.
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May 14, 2024 | 
apnews.com | Jonmaesha Beltran |Tyler Dedrick |Taylor Bayly |Tirzah Christopher
Despite safety warnings, police departments continue misapplying restraint positions and techniques 1 of 3 | In this image from Hampton Police Department body-camera video, officers restrain Fernando Rodriguez in the middle of a street in Hampton, Ga., on Sept. 20, 2019. A county coroner ruled his death a homicide, resulting from asphyxia due to physical restraint in the prone position with compression of the chest and LSD use.
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May 14, 2024 | 
am920theanswer.com | Jonmaesha Beltran |Tyler Dedrick |Taylor Bayly |Tirzah Christopher
6:54 AM on Tuesday, May 14
By JONMAESHA BELTRAN, TYLER DEDRICK, TAYLOR BAYLY and TIRZAH CHRISTOPHER
For decades, top law enforcement agencies have warned that certain restraint techniques may hinder a person’s ability to breathe and increase their risk of death, particularly in people who are unhealthy or under the influence of drugs.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
wqln.org | Tirzah Christopher
Kesha Jackson was preparing for her husband, John, to be home in a few weeks. He was incarcerated in Forrest City federal prison in Arkansas, awaiting a court hearing for early release after 18 years. But then Jackson got a concerning call from other inmates.
Her husband, in the special housing unit, was going in and out of consciousness, the inmates told her. He tried banging on the door for help. Three days later, an officer handcuffed him and tried to give him CPR.
He died soon after.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
tpr.org | Tirzah Christopher
Kesha Jackson was preparing for her husband, John, to be home in a few weeks. He was incarcerated in Forrest City federal prison in Arkansas, awaiting a court hearing for early release after 18 years. But then Jackson got a concerning call from other inmates.
Her husband, in the special housing unit, was going in and out of consciousness, the inmates told her. He tried banging on the door for help. Three days later, an officer handcuffed him and tried to give him CPR.
He died soon after.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
wpr.org | Tirzah Christopher
Autopsies are not required for federal prison deaths that are classified as natural. NPR found cases where medical neglect, poor prison conditions and a lack of resources contributed to these deaths. But families were given little information. Dion MBD for NPR Kesha Jackson was preparing for her husband, John, to be home in a few weeks. He was incarcerated in Forrest City federal prison in Arkansas, awaiting a court hearing for early release after 18 years.
