Officials have released new details in the case of 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham, who died last week in custody at the 41st Precinct.
Cheatham’s mother told News 12 she had just left a cookout at Crotona Park when she got into a fight with her girlfriend and was arrested for disorderly conduct.
The medical examiner has now ruled her death a suicide. Police first said she died by suicide in a cell and then later called it a medical emergency.
Cheatham’s family held a rally outside the Longwood precinct, calling for transparency from the NYPD.
Ben Crump is now representing Cheatham’s mother.