Jamel Floyd Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed In Brooklyn Prison
Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Brooklynites
marched 14 blocks yesterday to demand justice for Jamel Floyd, an inmate at the
Metropolitan Detention Center, who died of a heart attack after correctional
officers pepper-sprayed him in his cell Wednesday morning.
The protest began at St. Michael’s