3 weeks ago Share The family of Jean Samuel Celestin is filing a civil rights lawsuit against Ocoee and Windermere, as well as the four officers they feel are responsible for his death.
Jean Samuel Celestin’s family called 911 on the night of April 11, 2019, hoping to have a police officer remove him from their home on Calliope Street in Ocoee and have him involuntarily held at a mental health facility.
The disturbance call turned fatal when multiple responding officers shocked the 33-year-old mentally ill man with their Tasers, sending him into cardiac arrest and killing him. A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation absolved the officers of any wrongdoing.