A lawyer for one of many 14 defendants in Young Thug’s YSL RICO trial has accused a Fulton County deputy of assaulting and injuring her shopper.
Defense lawyer Angela D’Williams informed WSB-TV on Monday (January 23) that her shopper, Rodalius Ryan, was punched within the head and fell on the sidewalk whereas he was ready to be transported from the jail to the courthouse earlier that day.
D’Williams mentioned the incident left Ryan (also called Lil Rod) with accidents to his legs, palms and head. She additionally raised issues about him struggling a potential concussion.
Sheriffs, nevertheless, say Ryan was spitting within the patrol automotive and “has been an ongoing problem.”
According to an incident report, Deputy Kandakai Morris informed Ryan to cease spitting within the automobile and that he must clear it up. Ryan allegedly replied: “I’m not cleaning up shit” earlier than spitting once more, hitting Morris within the face along with his spit.
D’Williams refuted that declare, saying her shopper “went ‘shh’ because he was upset about something.”
Morris then claimed in his report that he walked to the rear passenger facet door, opened it and suggested Ryan to exit the automobile, however his order was ignored. When the deputy reached contained in the patrol automotive to take away Ryan, the defendant allegedly stiffened his physique and laid flat within the backseat.
Morris claimed that Ryan then started to maneuver his legs in a kicking movement. The deputy mentioned he then grabbed Ryan’s ankle, pulled him from the seat and put him on the bottom.
However, D’Williams claimed that her shopper was dragged out of the automobile earlier than he had the possibility to voluntarily get out of it, leading to his head hitting the sidewalk.
She additionally accused Morris of purposely “agitating” her shopper, and plans to file a proper criticism in opposition to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
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Ryan faces fees of misdemeanor easy assault and obstruction of police over the incident. He is at the moment serving life in jail for a 2019 homicide and has been charged with one depend of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act within the YSL indictment.
Last week, Ryan was charged with unauthorized possession of a prohibited merchandise by an inmate for his function in an alleged courtroom drug deal involving Young Thug and one other YSL co-defendant Khalieff Adams.
Adams was later transported to close by Grady Memorial Hospital after legislation enforcement mentioned he tried to ingest a few of the medication he was carrying, however Adams’ lawyer Surinder Ok. Chadha Jimenez refuted that declare and mentioned his shopper was “tased several times.”
“Shortly after Mr. Adams is taken to the back holding cells, while in the courtroom, the undersigned attorney, his client, and several other individuals could hear loud banging and yelling coming from the holding area where Mr. Adams was being held,” Jimenez wrote in a movement. “While the disturbance took place, several officers ran into the courtroom and went into the holding area where Mr. Adams was being held.”
He continued: “Undersigned counsel observed at least two officers remove their belts and firearms and then rush into the holding area. The sounds were distressing to many in the courtroom, and at one point the Honorable Angela D’Williams asked to go to the back to check on her client but was not allowed. Undersigned counsel and possibly other people were concerned for the safety of the Defendants.”
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