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Keithville, Louisiana: William Walls Suffers Heart Attack, Dies, After Cuffed For Cussing at Officer &Trying to Shut Door

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Man Suffers Heart Attack, Dies, After Being Cuffed For Cussing at Officer and Trying to Shut his Door
Cops in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, were searching for a theft suspect on the property who was not there when they arrested William Walls and caused his death.

8 March 2022


Caddo Parish, Louisiana, deputy Ryan Chapman

Getting annoyed with police who had already searched and failed to find a theft suspect on his property led an innocent 68-year-old man to be cuffed and shoved in the back of a police car in March 2021, where he had a heart attack and later died at a hospital. The officers did attempt some basic CPR when they found him without an apparent pulse slumped over in the back of their car where they'd stored him. Two sons of William Walls are suing the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana (and two specific deputies) under 42 U.S. Code §1983, ...



 

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Video key in CPSO deputy's criminal case, wrongful death lawsuit filed by man's sons

7 March 2022



An encounter between a 68-year-old man and a Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputy went from cooperative to contentious as the man became irritated with a search of his property for a fugitive who wasn’t there – ending with the man handcuffed by a visibly upset deputy and placed in a patrol vehicle, where he collapsed and later died of a medical condition. That all according to video from deputies' body cams, which will be key in a criminal case against the deputy and in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the man’s two sons. Deputy Ryan Chapman, 36, faces charges of ...



 

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Caddo Deputy Indicted For The Death Of A Man In Custody

1 July 2021



The Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office has announced the indictment of a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Deputy. According to a release from the District Attorney's Office, Caddo Parish Sheriff Deputy Ryan Chapman has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of Malfeasance In Office for his involvement in the death of a man who was in police custody. The District Attorney's Office says the charge comes from a March 18th, 2021 incident that Deputy Chapman was involved with. On March 18th, Chapman and other officials went to a property on Pecan Road to execute a search warrant. During their ...



 
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