Mom of 3-year-old twins dies after Georgia deputies let her fall out of moving patrol car

A Black mother of 3-year-old twin girls died six days after falling out of the back of a moving patrol car that an investigating state agency said had a rear door that deputies left open. Brianna Grier, 28, was handcuffed but not placed in a seatbelt when Georgia deputies from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office detained her on July 15, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The GBI released heartbreaking body camera footage on Friday of Grier’s encounter with deputies. 

“The early investigation indicates Hancock County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a home on Hickory Grove Church Road in Sparta. Grier was arrested at the home,” the GBI wrote in an initial news release. “While deputies were taking Grier to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office, Grier fell out of a patrol car and sustained significant injuries.  She later died because of those injuries.”

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Warning: Videos in this story contain violent body camera footage that may be triggering for viewers.