Despite paying a combined $4.8 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Phoenix Police Department disciplined zero officers for leaving a handcuffed man facedown, motionless, and dying in a jail cell.
Internal investigation files from both law enforcement agencies show they blamed each other for Akeem Terrell’s death and found their respective officers’ actions in policy.
DEAD WRONG: ABC15 investigates Akeem Terrell’s in-custody death…