Harold Easter, 41, died after swallowing cocaine while police conducted a traffic stop in 2020. Police knew but didn’t give him the proper medical care, an investigation found.
ignited a national reckoning over race and police conduct. An internal Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department investigation conducted later that year found that the five officers had known Easter ingested drugs, yet failed to give him the proper medical care — a move that violated department procedures.
Police body-camera footage shows officers approaching Easter’s vehicle around 11:40 a.m. on Jan. 23, 2020. As one officer ordered Easter, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, to put his hands up, there was a struggle through the driver-side window. “Don’t eat it! He’s eating it,” the officer said. The officer said that Easter “was crushing up part of his crack,” and that he’d likely ingested about ⅛ of an ounce.Easter was then put in handcuffs, and officers retrieved bags they said they suspected were filled with cocaine or crack, the
body-cam video shows. According to the lawsuit filed by Easter’s family, the officers noticed the white powder around the man’s lips and tongue. During the arrest and ride to the police station, Easter repeatedly requested water and air — telling officials: “Officer, can I get some air?” and “Officer, can I get hydrated?”By 12:19 p.m., Easter’s legs were shackled to the floor inside the interrogation room, according to the lawsuit.
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