Five Virginia Deputies Fired After They ‘Beat’ Black Man ‘Until He Had a Medical Emergency,’ Less Than 30 Minutes After He Was Booked In Jail for Trespassing

Five Virginia deputies have been fired from their jobs after the death of an inmate who died while being restrained was ruled a homicide. Authorities say 34-year-old Rolin Hill died in June while he was being booked into Virginia Beach Correctional Center by multiple deputies just days after being arrested on charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Rolin Hill, 34, died after being restrained by deputies at a Virginia Beach jail. Five deputies were fired after a medical examiner ruled Hill’s death a homicide. (Photos: Screenshots/The Virginian-Pilot, WAVY) According to the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office, Hill was being “uncooperative and combative” during the booking process and had to be restrained. The Virginian-Pilot reported that less than half an hour after he arrived at the jail, he suffered a medical emergency and had to be rushed to a local hospital. He died six days later. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Hill died from “positional and mechanical asphyxia due to restraint with neck and torso compression.” The sheriff’s office released a statement saying that the deputies involved in Hill’s booking have been fired. “Based on updates from the Virginia State Police in the Rolin Hill case,...