He went in on a Friday and he was supposed to come out on a Sunday,” Doss said, as she began to cry. “This was a kid who went to do weekends (at Santa Rita), and never came out. He left behind three children, including one who hadn’t yet been born at the time of his death.
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She said at a press conference Wednesday in Oakland announcing the federal lawsuit, that deputies “hog-tied” her son, whom she called a “loving boy,” “not a bad kid” and “polite.” At the age of 10, he would go with his uncle to feed the homeless he worked as a tow truck driver and took care of his children, she said. The answers we have gotten, I’m still not satisfied with,” Doss said. “It took them so long to give us answers. His mother, Barbara Doss said it took more than a year to get any answers, such as the coroner’s report. The coroner ruled that Armstrong died of mechanical asphyxiation, and his family had been vocal about asking for the release of the videos and answers about what led to his death. Body camera footage of what occurred leading up to his death was released in October by the sheriff’s office after public records requests. The lawsuit alleges that Armstrong was “dead or dying when the spit mask was put on his face” and that the deputies put it on “to conceal (Armstrong’s) actual medical condition, that (Armstrong) was dead or dying.”īurris said he hopes the lawsuit will bring awareness to those who have died in custody in Alameda County that these are people who “don’t deserve to be treated like a piece of meat and discarded.”Īrmstrong was serving time on weekends for a felony residential robbery at the jail. “Incidents resulting in deaths to inmates are all too prevalent at Santa Rita. Burris said according to the Department of Justice, 30 people have died in custody in Alameda County in the past five years.
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