Inmate was heard screaming "I'm sorry" and "stop" as he was beaten to death by guards
A mentally ill Santa Clara County inmate was heard screaming, “I’m sorry” and “Stop,” as he was allegedly beaten by correctional officers hours before he was found dead, authorities said Tuesday as they charged the jailers with murder.
Court documents described a brutal beating by three correctional officers at the Main Jail in San Jose that culminated in the death of 31-year-old Michael Tyree, who was found naked and covered in feces and vomit in his cell Aug. 27, hours after the beating was meted out when he initially refused to take his medication, prosecutors said.
The attack came after the jailers had roughed up another inmate, prosecutors charged.
Jereh Lubrin, 28, and Matthew Farris and Rafael Rodriguez, both 27, made their first appearance Tuesday afternoon in Superior Court since their arrests last week. All three are on unpaid leave in what Sheriff Laurie Smith has described as a “vile and cowardly act.” -- Tyree’s “distinctive voice could be heard screaming, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Stop,” the affidavit says. “Screaming could be heard throughout the pod for several minutes, and was accompanied by the sounds of thumping, wall banging and what sounded like blows to a person’s body.”
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