The New York Times has obtained video surveillance of a Rikers Island inmate who died as a result of authorities not attending to his medical needs. They ignored him and then when they opened his cell door he collapsed. They allow him to lie on the floor for four minutes before they did anything. He died soon after. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

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Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/nyr…

“Over the years, reports of brutality and neglect at the Rikers Island jail complex have become routine. And while the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has been working to improve conditions at New York City jails, the death of Carlos Mercado shows that the problems of the past could haunt the city for years to come.”