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Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

Brandon Ellingson

A beloved 20-year-old college student at Arizona State named Brandon Ellingson drowned this weekend in Missouri — and the circumstances are very shady. He was handcuffed following an arrest for being drunk while boating and was being transported back to shore on a police boat. He then fell overboard into the Lake of the Ozarks and died minutes later.

Police aren’t saying much right now but how could this happen? If you are going to handcuff someone in a boat and take away their ability to swim, you better make sure they don’t fall in the water. The negligent police officer should be fully investigated.

The Ellingson family, members of which mostly live in Clive, Iowa, is already talking about a lawsuit — and that’s the right thing to do. It won’t bring him back but it will help make sure something like this never happens again.

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