https://t.co/EbR1Ntoe3m pic.twitter.com/5Idv9xcJfK — Philly Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) October 26, 2016Night had fallen at Wordsworth Academy, a west Philadelphia treatment center for troubled youth, when three staff members barged into the 17-year-old’s room. The staff members took it with them, leaving the room in disarray. State inspectors alleged in several violation reports that the staff members unreasonably searched the boy’s room before beating and abusing him. At the time, police said the 17-year-old barricaded his door after staff members came searching for the stolen iPod. At some point, the report says, the boy began gasping for breath, yelling “get off me” and “I can’t breathe” before he stopped moving.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2016 07:53 UTC