South Carolina Public Radio
Jamal Sutherland's mother Amy hugs supporters following a press conference at the Life Center in North Charleston after Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson announced charges will not be filed against two Charleston County detention officers.
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson says Jamal Sutherland did everything he was supposed to do.
The 31-year-old acknowledged his struggles with schizophrenia and checked into a North Charleston mental health facility. But quickly realized he was getting worse, not better.
“It’s so sad that before this happened, about 24 hours before he was killed, Jamal Sutherland tried to check himself out of that facility,” says Solicitor Wilson.