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Damien Montrell Cameron

Gender : Male

Age : 29

Race : Black

Date : 07/26/2021

Location : 147 Clara Foote Road

City : Braxton

County : Rankin

State : Mississippi

Agency : Rankin County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Asphyxiation

Event : Killed by police during alleged burglary

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On July 26, 2021, around 8 p.m., Rankin County deputies responded to a call regarding burglary and vandalism. They spotted Damien Montrell Cameron exiting the woods. Police escalated a chase, apprehended Cameron. Police allege that he resisted. Police handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a police cruiser and when they returned an unspecified length of time later, they claim to have found him dead in handcuffs in the cruiser. This official police narrative is not collaborated by any bodycam or other evidence. While police omitted mention of injuries, photos submitted by his mother of him comatose in the hospital after the police assault shows significant injuries to his head and face. In addition, the sheriff’s office admitted that deputies handcuffed and locked him in a cruiser for an unspecified length of time prior to finding him dead in the vehicle. Temperatures were recorded at 98 degrees Fahrenheit in Braxton, MS on the day he was found dead in the locked cruiser. It is unknown whether and what types of injuries he may have had during arrest when police obliquely stated he had “resisted” and was overpowered by an unknown number of deputies. His mother is very outspoken and states that he was murdered by police.
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Of note, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office responsible for this fatal arrest has been under DOJ supervision as the “Goon Squad” of a number of severely racist officers terrorized and killed black residents. It is unknown whether the death of Damien Montrell Cameron was ever examined by the DOJ.
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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER:Fatalities: 1
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Last Update: 12/28/2024

SOURCE LINKS :

1. https://www.wapt.com/article/man-dies-in-custody-of-rankin-deputies-mbi-investigating/37148627
2. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/rankin-county-deputies-beat-knelt-on-mans-neck-before-he-died-family-alleges/
3. https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/family-of-damien-cameron-demand-transparency-nearly-two-years-after-death-in-police-custody/
4. https://www.jacksonadvocateonline.com/the-evidence-is-in-his-face-says-mother-of-man-who-died-in-sheriffs-custody/
5. https://www.themississippimonitor.com/he-died-from-injuries-sustained-during-his-2021-arrest-family-wants-rankin-county-deputies-held-accountable/