FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Wayboun said jail staff “performed magnificently” leading up to the death of Mason Yancey, who died in the Tarrant County Jail Dec. 27. Yancey’s family and friends dispute Waybourn’s version of events.
Officials from the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, John Peter Smith Hospital and My Health My Resources of Tarrant County discussed the in-custody death of two men at the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court on Tuesday.
Mason Yancey, a 31-year-old activist and co-founder of Open Carry Texas, was arrested on Christmas Eve for possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, WFAA previously reported…