The family of John Neville was awarded $3 million in a settlement case after suing Forsyth County after Neville was killed in custody.
Winston-Salem, N.C. — The family of John Neville was awarded $3 million in a settlement case after suing Forsyth County following his death while he was in custody. Neville died in 2019 while being hogtied, after seen on video screaming, “I can’t breathe.”
According to the autopsy report, Neville died from a brain injury that was caused by positional and compressional asphyxia during prone restraint. It means Neville was being held face down and could not breathe.
