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Black Teen Dies While In NYPD Custody: Everything We Know About Saniyah Cheatham’s Death
Black Teen Dies While In NYPD Custody: Everything We Know About Saniyah Cheatham’s Death

A Bronx mother is demanding answers after the NYPD said her 18-year-old daughter allegedly died by suicide just hours after being taken into custody over the July 4th holiday weekend. According to CBS News , police found Saniyah Cheatham unconscious inside her jail cell at the 41st Precinct on Longwood Avenue in the Bronx just before 1 a.m. Saturday. Several police officers performed CPR on the young woman before she was later pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. Cheatham, a Bronx Community College student, had just been spending time with family at a Friday cookout in Crotona Park, her mother said. “We [were] hanging out, having a good time. ‘Mommy, I love you,’ giving me a kiss,” Thomasina Cheatham said, per CBS News. 🕊️Justice for Saniyah Cheatham! On Friday, July 4, Saniyah Cheatham went from her family's cookout to a jail cell at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx, where she later died Saturday morning at 12:40 a.m. Saniyah's mother, Thomasina Cheatham, has confirmed to the media...

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