“You go to get help and then.you die. I mean, how does that happen,” is the question asked by Ujima Stewart, whose brother Tauheed Rashad Raullerson became one of the people we found who called for help or went to get help and wound up dead. “I m just angry because I feel like it s happening so much and nobody s doing anything about it.”
Her brother, who goes by Rashad, travelled to Arkansas to be with his large family over Thanksgiving in 2018, but he forgot his medication for bipolar disorder. He went to a hospital to try and get some, but they transferred him on to The Bridgeway mental health treatment center.
“You go to get help and then.you die. I mean, how does that happen,” is the question asked by Ujima Stewart, whose brother Tauheed Rashad Raullerson became one of the people we found who called for help or went to get help and wound up dead. “I m just angry because I feel like it s happening so much and nobody s doing anything about it.”
Her brother, who goes by Rashad, travelled to Arkansas to be with his large family over Thanksgiving in 2018, but he forgot his medication for bipolar disorder. He went to a hospital to try and get some, but they transferred him on to The Bridgeway mental health treatment center.
KARE 11 Investigates: Floyd’s ability to talk did not mean he could breathe
Medical experts say police officers often don’t understand what’s happening when a suspect says “I can’t breathe.”
Credit: KARE 11 Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Nashia Dunnaville Published: 6:56 PM CDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 6:56 PM CDT April 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS “Please, I can’t breathe officer,” George Floyd said during the nine minutes and 29 seconds he was held face down on the ground.
“Then stop talking,” one of the officers can be heard on body camera responding. “Stop yelling. It takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk.”
It s been quite a year and definitely one that will go in the history books.
But in Arkansas, 2020 has been filled with stories about protests and the pandemic along with stories of viral fame.
Below you will find the top 11 Arkansas stories of 2020. Chapter one: The impact of COVID-19 in Arkansas
Since March 11, Arkansas has seen nearly 215,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 3,500 deaths due to the virus.
Arkansas seemed to have had a hold on delaying the spread of the coronavirus early on, but by the end of the year the spread has become increasingly more severe and harder to contain.