A lawyer for one of many 14 defendants in Younger Thug’s YSL RICO trial has accused a Fulton County deputy of assaulting and injuring her shopper.
Protection lawyer Angela D’Williams advised WSB-TV on Monday (January 23) that her shopper, Rodalius Ryan, was punched within the head and fell on the sidewalk whereas he was ready to be transported from the jail to the courthouse earlier that day.
D’Williams mentioned the incident left Ryan (also referred to as Lil Rod) with accidents to his legs, fingers and head. She additionally raised issues about him struggling a potential concussion.
Sheriffs, nonetheless, say Ryan was spitting within the patrol automotive and “has been an ongoing drawback.”
In line with an incident report, Deputy Kandakai Morris advised Ryan to cease spitting within the automobile and that he must clear it up. Ryan allegedly replied: “I’m not cleansing up shit” earlier than spitting once more, hitting Morris within the face together with his spit.
D’Williams refuted that declare, saying her shopper “went ‘shh’ as a result of he was upset about one thing.”
Morris then claimed in his report that he walked to the rear passenger facet door, opened it and suggested Ryan to exit the automobile, however his order was ignored. When the deputy reached contained in the patrol automotive to take away Ryan, the defendant allegedly stiffened his physique and laid flat within the backseat.
Morris claimed that Ryan then started to maneuver his legs in a kicking movement. The deputy mentioned he then grabbed Ryan’s ankle, pulled him from the seat and put him on the bottom.
Nevertheless, D’Williams claimed that her shopper was dragged out of the automobile earlier than he had the possibility to voluntarily get out of it, leading to his head hitting the sidewalk.
She additionally accused Morris of purposely “agitating” her shopper, and plans to file a proper criticism in opposition to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Ryan faces prices of misdemeanor easy assault and obstruction of police over the incident. He’s at present serving life in jail for a 2019 homicide and has been charged with one depend of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act within the YSL indictment.
Final week, Ryan was charged with unauthorized possession of a prohibited merchandise by an inmate for his position in an alleged courtroom drug deal involving Younger Thug and one other YSL co-defendant Khalieff Adams.
Adams was later transported to close by Grady Memorial Hospital after regulation enforcement mentioned he tried to ingest among the medication he was carrying, however Adams’ lawyer Surinder Ok. Chadha Jimenez refuted that declare and mentioned his shopper was “tased a number of occasions.”
“Shortly after Mr. Adams is taken to the again holding cells, whereas within the courtroom, the undersigned lawyer, his shopper, and a number of other different people may hear loud banging and yelling coming from the holding space the place Mr. Adams was being held,” Jimenez wrote in a movement. “Whereas the disturbance happened, a number of officers bumped into the courtroom and went into the holding space the place Mr. Adams was being held.”
He continued: “Undersigned counsel noticed not less than two officers take away their belts and firearms after which rush into the holding space. The sounds have been distressing to many within the courtroom, and at one level the Honorable Angela D’Williams requested to go to the again to verify on her shopper however was not allowed. Undersigned counsel and probably different individuals have been involved for the protection of the Defendants.”