Civil rights advocates in Illinois are demanding answers over the death of a handcuffed Black man following a violent confrontation with county jail deputies who attempted to portray the case as a medical emergency.
Cory Ulmer, 41, died following his 20 June arrest for violating bond conditions as he awaited trial on assault and robbery charges. According to the investigative organization Injustice Watch, a spokesperson for Sheriff Tom Dart at first insisted Ulmer had “suffered a medical emergency”, while personnel from the Cook county sheriff’s office told Ulmer’s stepfather that he died in the hospital.
