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Georgia cops who arrested Brianna Grier, a 28-year-old Black woman, failed to secure her with a seatbelt or even close the passenger-side rear door at all before she fell to her death from a patrol car, according to an update issued by state investigators this week.
The Hancock County Sheriff’s office initially told the family that Grier, who was experiencing a mental-health crisis, had kicked open the door herself when she first was arrested on July 15, according to Brianna’s father, Marvin Grier.
For their part, the officer driving the vehicle said, “As I turned to see what Brianna Grier was doing, I hear the passenger-side rear door open,” according to sheriff’s office documents obtained by 13WMAZ, a local CBS affiliate.