6 Georgia sheriff's deputies have been indicted for the murder of an inmate whose family alleges they yelled 'Taser Tuesday' and tortured him

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Left: Antonio Might. Proper: the Fulton County Jail

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• Antonio Might died whereas in custody in Fulton County, Georgia, in 2018. 
• On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted six sheriff's deputies in connection to Might's dying.
• Might's household can also be within the midst of suing the county, the sheriff, and a number of jail staff. 

Six Georgia sheriff's deputies have been indicted on Tuesday in connection to the 2018 dying of an inmate on the Fulton County jail. 

Deputies reportedly yelled that it was "Taser Tuesday" when 32-year-old Antonio Might arrived on the Fulton County jail on September 11, 2018, based on a wrongful dying lawsuit beforehand filed by the household. 

The 32-year-old father of three was pronounced lifeless after sheriff's deputies entered his cell and repeatedly Tasered and pepper-sprayed him, in line with the lawsuit. 

A grand jury indicted the six deputies in connection to Might's dying on Tuesday, handing down expenses of felony homicide, aggravated assault, battery, and violation of oath of workplace. The fees got here after a greater than three-year-long investigation into the incident by the Fulton County District Lawyer's Workplace. 

A spokesperson for the Fulton County Sheriff's Workplace informed Insider that the division wouldn't be commenting on the case. 

Antonio Might together with his eldest son, Elijah.

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Teddy Reese, one of many two attorneys representing the Might household, advised Insider in an interview on Wednesday that the household was "extraordinarily excited" to listen to of the indictments, and is "very grateful" to the district lawyer. 

"It's been a very long time coming they usually're very excited," Reese stated. "Additionally they know that is just the start and they're dedicated to seeing this throughout, being there for each courtroom date — displaying that Antonio Might was liked." 

A lawsuit filed by Might's household describes what deputies did to him as "torture"

The lead lawyer for the household, Michael Harper, described what occurred to Might as "torture" when he stated the household deliberate to sue over his demise in a 2019 interview with The Appeal. That lawsuit is presently pending in federal courtroom and names Fulton County; the county sheriff; 13 jail staff; the jail's personal medical care contractor, Naphcare Inc.; and a Naphcare paramedic.

The lawsuit features a detailed timeline of the actions main as much as Might's demise on September 11, 2018. 

In accordance with the lawsuit, seen by Insider, Might was on amphetamines and having a psychological well being disaster that morning when he was caught throwing rocks on the home windows of the American Most cancers Society in downtown Atlanta. 

After being "arrested peacefully," Atlanta cops took Might to Grady Hospital for medical clearance, the place he was recognized with substance abuse psychotic dysfunction, the lawsuit states.

Might was then taken to the Fulton County Jail and booked on suspicion of misdemeanor felony trespass. Might underwent a second medical screening by a paramedic on the jail, who famous that Might examined constructive for amphetamines and that he was suicidal, the grievance says. 

Antonio Might is pictured together with his late mom and two youngest sons.

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After Might was positioned in a common holding cell, staff and inmates overheard jail detention officers shouting that it was "Taser Tuesday," the lawsuit alleges.

In his holding cell, Might undressed and began masturbating, prompting a jail supervisor to order the Direct Motion Response Group (DART) to enter the cell and confront him, based on the lawsuit.

"Instantly upon getting into the cell, one of many detention officers on the DART workforce shot the Taser prongs on Mr. Might's chest space, with out warning," the lawsuit states. 

A confrontation ensued, and Might was surprised two extra occasions, crushed, and pepper-sprayed by the officers, in response to the lawsuit.

Officers then put Might in a restraining chair, positioned a spit masks on his face and head, and took him to the bathe space for decontamination. When the bathe didn't take away all of the pepper spray, officers put a water hose to Might's face whereas he was restrained within the chair. Might went unresponsive and died on the ground of the jail, "laying in a pool of his personal blood," the lawsuit stated. 

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Workplace decided Might's reason for demise to be sudden cardiovascular collapse because of possible excited delirium, with bodily restraint use as a result of acute methamphetamine intoxication. It listed different vital causes as using a Taser and publicity to pepper spray. 

Reese informed Insider his authorized group simply completed the invention stage of the lawsuit, and that the Might household hopes that the county decides to settle quickly and never "waste further assets on this case." 

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