Washington passionately told the crowd, “We’re not playing one bit. Yet log sheets they waited over an hour to check on him, when they found him unresponsive.” “He was placed on suicide watch, which meant the jail personnel were to check on him every fifteen minutes. “My nephew was undressed and shoved into a cold cell naked,” Washington exclaimed to the protestors.
There were calls and chants for the immediate resignation of the privatized Norman Regional Hospital president and attending physician, as well for the two Norman police officers and personnel at Cleveland County jail. Also Red Dirt Defense, Carnalismo National Brown Berets, Norman Citizens for Racial Justice, and Our Revolution Oklahoma came to stand in support and push for justice. I attended the rally in support of American Indian Movement-Indian Territory Chapter (AIM-IT). The Norman Police body cam of the cruel and unusual treatment of Marconia, was placed on Now This News where it has been shared and seen 4,367,000 times. 25, over 40 persons attended a protest in front of Norman Regional Hospital where Kessee was turned away. That’s why they waited that long to check on him. And he’d been dead long before 9:30-9:45. Washington continued, “Normal heartbeats are between 60-100 beats a minute. Kessee also suffered from mental and other medical issues as well.
“Two hours later my nephew laid upon the cold concrete floor naked and dead.” Paperwork Washington has gathered showed the triage intake memo showing a heart rate of 116. NORMAN, Okla.-“With a heart rate of 116 and complaining of an excruciating headache, my nephew, Marconia Kessee, was turned away from the hospital and arrested by the Norman Police Department for trespassing,” Michael Washington said.
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