Officials in Georgia agreed to a $4 million settlement with the family of a man who died in a bed bug-infested jail cell.
The family and their legal team are not making a statement on the settlement, an attorney for the family, Michael Harper, told ABC News.LaShawn Thompson is pictured in an undated photo.Thompson was arrested on June 12, 2022, for simple battery against police officials, according to jail records. Photos of him covered with bed bugs and images of his filthy cell went viral on social media in the wake of this death, leading to widespread outrage.
An autopsy released by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in January lists Thompson's cause of death as "undetermined."
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