Postal worker died in jail cell after officers ignored signs of stroke, lawsuit alleges
The family of a postal worker has filed a lawsuit after police and correctional officers allegedly ignored signs of his stroke and he died in custody.
Bimpong left work at the postal service early last November because of a headache, according to the lawsuit. Minutes later, he made a left turn on red and was pulled over by Eagan Police.
The 50-year-old could not tell police “his own name, where he was coming from, where he was going, or where he lived.” The lawsuit says officers thought Bimpong was on drugs, but no field sobriety test was done and officers who searched his car “found nothing to indicate drug or alcohol use.”
At one point, attorneys say an officer can be heard on body camera suggesting Bimpong was suffering from a stroke, but paramedics were not called.
Bimpong was transferred to the Dakota County Jail, where the lawsuit says his condition got worse. Images included in the suit show the 50-year-old lying on the floor of his cell.
“[He] ends up losing control of his bladder, rolling around in his own urine – and clearly in pain and struggling for hours when no one is helping him,” Bennett said.
More images in the lawsuit show people standing outside Bimpong’s cell while the 50-year-old is apparently lying on the floor.
“There were checks happening. They weren’t reacting to anything that could easily be observed, [such as] him on the floor,” Bennett said.
It wasn’t until Bimpong was foaming at the mouth that attorneys say medical help was finally given to him, but the 50-year-old later died. The lawsuit says no drugs or alcohol were found in his system.
Bennett claims “police and correctional officers acted on incorrect and unfounded assumptions about Kingsley” and treated him “with callous indifference that resulted in his death.”
The lawsuit is seeking $120 million in damages as well as policy changes at the Dakota County Jail.
In a statement, the City of Eagan said, “While Mr. Bimpong’s death is tragic, he was not exhibiting an objectively serious medical condition that was obvious to lay persons at the time he was in the Eagan officers’ custody and there [was] no indication that he required emergent medical treatment.”
Dakota County said it could not comment on a matter under active litigation.
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