Coaches Charged With Murder After Heat-Related Death

When a coach agrees to be involved in your child’s life, it’s their responsibility to ensure 100% safety of your child. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a grand jury concluded that coaches Larosa Maria Walker-Asekere and Dwight Broom Palmer were responsible after allegedly “conducting outdoor conditioning training for student athletes in dangerous heat, resulting in the death of Imani Bell due to hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis,” a muscle fiber injury condition that can lead to kidney failure.

Two Clayton County coaches charged with murder in teen heatstroke death pic.twitter.com/Gvs6VIVbe4

— Miss McLaine (@MclaineMiss) August 11, 2021

Per the autopsy report, obtained by the Journal-Constitution:

“Miss Bell attempted to run with the girls for the last lap but was unable and did a fast paced walk. One of the coaches noticed Miss Bell was tired, so he started walking the last lap with her and encouraged her. …

“A coach was with her, encouraged her and may have physically assisted her up the stairs. As Miss Bell neared the top … (she) leaned into the rail and then went limp.”

2 Clayton County coaches charged with second-degree murder in the 2019 heatstroke death of Elite Scholars Academy basketball player Imani Bell https://t.co/sO2PMYkzIC

— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) August 10, 2021

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According to the Journal-Constitution, school district policy requires outdoor athletic activities to be suspended when the heat index reaches 95 degrees.

In the grand scheme of things, sports just aren’t that important.

Some of these coaches just coach too hard.

Such a sad story.

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