
I am Leroy Blanding, I am a 24 year old black male. I was being trasported by two officers from Greensboro, NC to Sumter, SC. I was handcuffed, they were connected to a belly chain, and I was also shackled around the ankles. In Columbia, South Carolina while traveling on a busy intersection (I-77), I allegedly escaped from two officers. I allegedly grabbed pepper spray from the officer riding in t...he back seat, sprayed him, jumped out the car, held the pepper spray up to the other officer and advised that officer not to move, and ran across the intersection into the woods, and disappeared. Allegedly, I did all of this while handcuffed and shackled. Minutes later I was found face down in the woods dead and my investigation report says on August 22, 2000, I died of a heart atteack. (Investigating officer Howell Siniard). Please contact Mayor Steve Benjamin at skbenjamin@columbiase.net or call (803) 545-3075 and request that he reviews the case.
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