Jason Lloyd’s casket was closed at his funeral back in August.
“When Jason passed away, we weren’t able to have an open casket, we weren’t able to have that closure that you usually get when a loved one passes,” Lloyd’s sister Heather Fisher said through tears. “And now our closure is seeing him on a bodycam video in a tent being treated that way.”
The Salt Lake City Police Department released body camera footage Friday of some employees mishandling the dead body of Lloyd, 47, who was unhoused.
“He was homeless, but he was still loved,” Fisher said. “He had a family, and he was still very deeply cared for. And they treated him horribly.” Now, Lloyd’s family is grieving all over again.
“We’re frustrated because this investigation has been going on since August and, as his family, we had no idea. We had no idea he was treated poorly. We had no idea he was disrespected,” Fisher said. “We feel like we’re grieving all over again.”
Bodycam footage shows officers laughing as they used a box cutter to slice through blisters on Lloyd’s skin. The department placed seven employees on leave after the investigation.
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