DENVER—The FBI is looking into the 2010 death of a street preacher who died after Denver sheriff’s deputies restrained him in jail.
FBI spokesman Dave Joly told The Denver Post ( ) that the agency and the Department of Justice are reviewing the Marvin Booker case to see if it warrants a federal civil rights investigation.
Booker’s family is suing the city in federal court. On Wednesday, their lawyers asked a judge to allow them release “documents and information” to the FBI and Justice Department.
According to the suit, Booker died after five deputies placed him in a neck hold and shocked him with a stun gun after he had been handcuffed. He was accused of possessing drug paraphernalia.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
