A Black mother's search for answers in her son's death shows the lengths to which people from marginalized communities often go to ensure they are being afforded a thorough investigation.
“There’s a saying that the system is designed to wear you down,” said state Rep. David Tyson Smith, who helped to create Columbia’s first Citizens Police Review Board in 2009 following tensions between police and the community. It is rare, he added, that the review board’s suggestion would compel police to agree to reopen an investigation.A memorial blanket for Freddie.On the day her son was found dead, Doressia McKee drove to his father’s home and saw his body for herself.
“How can you reopen a case and reinvestigate something that you never investigated from the beginning?”Doressia McKee said she spoke with the neighbor, and the woman told her she confronted Freddie McKee when she saw him in her yard. The neighbor said he politely told her he was looking for his phone. Since it was around 3 a.m., the neighbor said she called 911 as a precaution.
There were other questions that should have been adequately answered, Doressia McKee told the review board, including what occurred after the neighbor called for police assistance at 3 a.m. to about 6 a.m., when her son’s body was found; what happened when police arrived; and if any of the cameras at the home had recorded events from that morning.
Wilmoth filed a temporary restraining order against the city in October to prevent it from releasing other police records to Doressia McKee, who made a request for them in August 2020 in which she alleged police misconduct. Wilmoth argues that the information involving internal investigations is. In its response filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the city said it believes the records are “expressly open.” A trial is scheduled for March.
Given that police initially denied any misconduct, Freddie McKee’s family wants an outside agency to conduct a new investigation to ensure accountability. Eutylone, a type of synthetic bath salt, emerged in the illegal drug market in the United States in 2014. The drug has been fading in popularity in recent years, toxicologists say, and many labs do not have a method or standard for testing or looking for eutylone.found that the stimulant can “impair human performance of users and is a significant contributor to cause of death in susceptible individuals.
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