A lawyer for one of the 14 defendants in Young Thug’s YSL RICO trial has accused a Fulton County deputy of assaulting and injuring her client.
Defense attorney Angela D’Williams told WSB-TV on Monday (January 23) that her client, Rodalius Ryan, was punched in the head and fell on the sidewalk while he was waiting to be transported from the jail to the courthouse earlier that day.
D’Williams said the incident left Ryan (also known as Lil Rod) with injuries to his legs, hands and head. She also raised concerns about him suffering a possible concussion.
Sheriffs, however, say Ryan was spitting in the patrol car and “has been an ongoing problem.”
According to an incident report, Deputy Kandakai Morris told Ryan to stop spitting in the vehicle and that he would have to clean it up. Ryan allegedly replied: “I’m not cleaning up shit” before spitting again, hitting Morris in the face with his spit.
D’Williams refuted that claim, saying her client “went ‘shh’ because he was upset about something.”
Morris then claimed in his report that he walked to the rear passenger side door, opened it and advised Ryan to exit the vehicle, but his order was ignored. When the deputy reached inside the patrol car to remove Ryan, the defendant allegedly stiffened his body and laid flat in the backseat.
Morris claimed that Ryan then began to move his legs in a kicking motion. The deputy said he then grabbed Ryan’s ankle, pulled him from the seat and put him on the ground.
However, D’Williams claimed that her client was dragged out of the vehicle before he had the chance to voluntarily get out of it, resulting in his head hitting the sidewalk.
She also accused Morris of purposely “agitating” her client, and plans to file a formal complaint against the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
Ryan faces charges of misdemeanor simple assault and obstruction of police over the incident. He is currently serving life in prison for a 2019 murder and has been charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act in the YSL indictment.
Last week, Ryan was charged with unauthorized possession of a prohibited item by an inmate for his role in an alleged courtroom drug deal involving Young Thug and another YSL co-defendant Khalieff Adams.
Adams was later transported to nearby Grady Memorial Hospital after law enforcement said he attempted to ingest some of the drugs he was carrying, but Adams’ lawyer Surinder K. Chadha Jimenez refuted that claim and said his client was “tased several times.”
“Shortly after Mr. Adams is taken to the back holding cells, while in the courtroom, the undersigned attorney, his client, and several other individuals could hear loud banging and yelling coming from the holding area where Mr. Adams was being held,” Jimenez wrote in a motion. “While the disturbance took place, several officers ran into the courtroom and went into the holding area where Mr. Adams was being held.”
He continued: “Undersigned counsel observed at least two officers remove their belts and firearms and then rush into the holding area. The sounds were distressing to many in the courtroom, and at one point the Honorable Angela D’Williams asked to go to the back to check on her client but was not allowed. Undersigned counsel and possibly other people were concerned for the safety of the Defendants.”
Guard probably beat him up, they need to check the cameras out.and bring the truth out.
Guard probably beat him up, they need to check the cameras out and bring the truth out.
Stupid mofo deserve to have his ass beat for doing stupid shit like that. That beat down was well earned and was definitely his fault… but then again they could’ve use an alternative measure and put a muzzle on him. That would have stopped from even becoming an issue.
Probably beat him down cuz for being guilty by affiliation. The CO must’ve heard some of YoungButtPlugga’s music for the first time and this was the end result.
Excellent news. The continuing downfall and embarrassment of the Young Sucka Life members is quite hillarious
Down the drain…In the words of Lary Love:
Those Rico acts got em not wanting to be gangsta no more,
Last words he heard as a free man was “get down on the floor!!”
He suppose to get a pass because he did some charity work??,
But just last week he had his chopper out in the streets straight going berserk.
Picc a lane my nigga, Is you rapping or banging?
You had the money, cars, and clothes but you couldn’t keep maintaining.
Lots of talent in you, but your brain doesn’t function too well.
Drugs and guns up in the mansion
And that shit is packaged for sale.
Stepping over a dollar so your ass can picc up a dime,
Like the detective on menace to society said “you done fucced up this time”.
In the beginning the street corner was the spot to get you up outta the hood,
Got too big for your britches now you thinking you’re Suge
You’re considered a flight risk so you stucc, blame that shit on your fame
Remember they only see the pusher but really it’s the manufacturer’s that them fuccers should blame.
Put yourself out on front street, now you’re the first that they put in the cage
And lil buddy who y’all thought was solid is snitching on you , now you’re all up in a rage
This may sound like I’m talking bout that nigga name thugga
But to be honest with you cuzzin I could be talkin bout ya brotha
If you’ve created a lane for you and your family to eat
Sit ya ass at the table and let them have those damn streets
Them people in that office are not as dumb as you think
Some niggas just get too big and get to thinking that their shit don’t stink
If you don’t talk about it, then how would a nigga know what the fucc you be doing
Those perkys and that lean got all your hard work ruined
The code has always been don’t talk on them phones
Now wire taps got em trapped and now you got a new home
Kids gonna suffer, your momma gonna be the one thats feeling ya pain
All that hard work to get on top now it’s all down the drain……damn