City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0017R

• File #: 08-0017R
• Version: 0
• Name: Joining the Baltimore City NAACP in a Request to the FBI for a Formal Investigation of the Death of Isaiah Simmons, III
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/4/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/4/2008
• Title: Joining the Baltimore City NAACP in a Request to the FBI for a Formal Investigation of the Death of Isaiah Simmons, III FOR the purpose of joining the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP and the family of Isaiah Simmons, III, in requesting the Baltimore Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to undertake a formal inquiry into the death of Mr. Simmons and the disposition of the cases against the Bowling Brook Preparatory School personnel directly or indirectly responsible for his demise.
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Investigation, NAACP, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young
At the request of: NAACP Baltimore City Branch,
Address: c/o Marvin L. 'Doc' Cheatham, Sr., President 8 West 26th Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21218
Telephone: 410-366-3300
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Joining the Baltimore City NAACP in a Request to the FBI for a Formal Investigation of the Death of Isaiah Simmons, III

FOR the purpose of joining the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP and the family of Isaiah Simmons, III, in requesting the Baltimore Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to undertake a formal inquiry into the death of Mr. Simmons and the disposition of the cases against the Bowling Brook Preparatory School personnel directly or indirectly responsible for his demise.
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On January 23, 2007, Isaiah Simmons, III, of East Baltimore, the 17 year-old-father of a baby girl, died at Bowling Brook Preparatory School, near Westminster in Carroll County. The 5- foot, 9-inch, 147 pound youth loss consciousness and died while being restrained by 5 grown men, for at least 3 hours. Official accounts of the incident state that the counselors at the privately run school for juvenile offenders then delayed administering CPR or summoning an ambulance for assistance for Isaiah for a full 41 minutes because they believed he was pretending to be asleep.

Isaiah's death brought to light other incidences of abuse at the facility that housed 170 juveniles. Four...