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Arlington inmate’s demeanor before dying was normal, jailers say
By star-telegram.com- Ryan Osborne
Published: 08/25/2016

ARLINGTON

For 11 minutes, Jonathan Paul lay face down on the floor of an Arlington jail cell, his nude body motionless.

But detention officers at the jail that day last March told investigators that Paul’s demeanor was normal for inmates who struggled with jailers.

About 10 officers’ interviews with police investigators were played Wednesday during an arbitration hearing for Matt Fisher, one of two jailers given termination notices after Paul’s death.

“Every day,” one detention officer told an Internal Affairs detective when asked how often he observes on surveillance video an inmate lying in a cell like Paul.

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