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John Horton died at the age of 22, while in a solitary confinement cell in Los Angeles' Men's Central Jail. John's mother, Helen and family believe the LA County's coroners claim of suicide was staged to help move attention away from the potential that John was killed by a Los Angeles Sheriff Department gang known as the 3000 Boys. Find out more about the traumatic death of John Horton as well as his families fight for justice, not just for John, but for others who died a similar fate.

CALL TO ACTION

• Helen Jones would like you to use whatever means possible to amplify…
• “John Horton who was murdered, beat to death on March 30th 2009 in Men's Central Jail by ten 3000 Boys’ deputy Sheriff gang members that viciously run the 3rd floor of Men's Central County Jail. 12 years later and still no justice for John.”
• “Jalani Lovett who was also beaten to death and murdered by the 3000 Boys deputy sheriff gang on September 22nd 2021. And the 3000 Boys gang tried to stage Jalani Lovett's death.”
• “WE MUST STOP THE SHERIFF'S GANGS FROM COMMITING GENOCIDE ON OUR CHILDREN NOW. THE GANGS BEEN KILLING BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS SINCE THE 1970'S FOR GANG INITIATION.” - Helen Jones
• “The los Angeles Sheriff Department has 18 known vicious deputy gangs that are commiting genocide on black and brown men and women.”
• Contact your local officials to demand that they ban Qualified Immunity

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WARNING

CHIME #1 8:14 (skip ahead 1 min)

According to court documents, the coroner’s autopsy found that John Horton had a ligature mark around his neck, hematoma in his liver and kidney area, with signs of blunt force trauma. They ruled that his death was caused by asphyxia, due to self-inflicted hanging.

CHIME#2 12:08 (SKIP ahead :30 seconds)

The first day they came here visiting me they said it, too. They say they beat him to death. You got the pictures because we took pictures at the mortuary, John was also handcuffed by one arm when they was beating him. The handcuff was on his wrist so tight that it left a flesh ring. He must was trying to get out of it and it cut a even circle in flesh around his wrist, it was that deep.

probably while they was beating him he was trying to get out of it, whatever they had him handcuffed to. 

CHIME#3 57:09 (skip ahead 1 min)

Tamiko Tyler, he was killed in Wayside by the sheriffs, and they beat Tamiko. They tried to say Tamiko fell off from bed, hit his head. But all the time they beat Tamiko, bust his teeth, broke his ribs. They did a lot to Tamiko. And Juan Korea. He got killed in the county jail too. They tried to say he had a heart attack, but all the time, Juan got blunt force trauma to the head, blunt force trauma to the chest, blunt force trauma to the back. They tased him so many times. They did something to his spine too, to where he couldn't walk. And right now, so far you getting away with his death, 

And Juan, they took his brain. Haven't gave his brain back to his family yet because it's damaged. Because he got blunt force trauma in the head. And the colonel never told his family he had blunt force trauma to the head. Not even attorneys told his family he had blunt force trauma, So his death is ruled as a heart attack.

LIVES OF THE FALLEN MENTIONED IN EPISODE:

Tamiko Tyler

Juan Correa

Wakiesha Wilson

Quinten Thomas

Jalani Lovett

John Horton

CREDITS

Host: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Executive Producers: Adell Coleman & Chris Colbert

Edited & Sound Design: Byron Hunt

Producers: Heather Johnson, Ryan Woodhall and Mike DuBose

Associate Producers: Quinton Hill

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