Preliminary autopsy results show he died from natural causes, including cirrhosis of the liver. Ramirez had been held for 16 months on an aggravated robbery charge when he died. “They chose not to.”Įsmeralda Trigo shows a collage of family photos of her brother, Albert Ramirez, who died in June in the custody of the Fort Bend County sheriff’s office, Tuesday, Aug. “I just feel like the jail could have done more,” she said. Trigo is raising questions about whether the jail provided her brother with adequate medical and mental health care, as well as about its response to her efforts to check on her brother. Ramirez was also battling cancer of the liver, according to his sister. The final autopsy report is not yet available, according to the county medical examiner, but preliminary information suggests the cause was cirrhosis of the liver. Ramirez, 57, died of natural causes on June 13 at OakBend hospital in the custody of the Fort Bend County sheriff’s office.
All you got to do is stay right here and keep walking with me and you’ll be alright,” his sister, who has been sober for three years, would tell him. “When you get out, I know that you can do it - I’m doing it. Maybe, despite a cancer diagnosis, the siblings would have more time together.
Maybe, after his release, he would find a wife, go back to church, start fixing up old cars again. Read letters to the editor in response to this project.When Ramirez was arrested in February 2020 on an aggravated robbery charge, his sister hoped time behind bars might bring positive change. Read the transcript of a live chat with editorial writer Emefa Addo Agawu on this project. Norma Loyd, Brandon Russ: Mental illness is not a crime. It’s not a good one.Īqeela Sherrills: Police do not stop cycles of violence. They want a new safety movement.Įric Cadora: Emergency management governance is our safety net of last resort. Robert Rooks, Lenore Anderson: No, crime survivors don’t want more prisons. We ignored the signs.Ĭhloe Cockburn: Money can’t buy criminal justice reform. Thomas Abt: To stop the spike in urban violence, engage those most at riskĮlizabeth Hinton: We were warned about a divided America 50 years ago. Kassandra Frederique: To truly create safe communities, we must end the war on drugs South: If Black lives really matter, we must invest in Black neighborhoods Alexander: Which side are you on? That’s a question every police officer must answer.Įugenia C. Richard Wallace: In Chicago, systemic racism runs deep. Harris: Abolishing the death penalty must be part of reimagining safetyĪndrea James: Women and girls must be at the center of reimagining safety
Marc Mauer and Bernice Mireku-North: How we are reimagining public safety in Montgomery County Phillip Atiba Goff: We’re making progress on the ‘what’ of reimagining safety. Cities like mine should embrace a community responder model.Įlizabeth Glazer: To fuel public safety reform, cities must build their civic muscles Patrick Sharkey: We can’t reimagine safety without being clear-eyed about America’s gun problemĭebbie Ramsey: I’m a former Baltimore police detective. Jasmine Heiss and Krishnaveni Gundu: Why reimagining safety looks different in rural Americaįatimah Loren Dreier and David Muhammad: President Biden is listening to communities on violence prevention. Moki Macias: We need to rethink mental health care - and the assumptions we have about what support means A project from The Washington Post Editorial Board shares proven strategies that cities can embrace now and are not centered in law enforcement. Every community deserves to be safe and healthy, but with police facing a crisis of legitimacy, it can be hard to see a way forward.
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