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I will post on this every day until someone pays attention. 81 days. That's how long it's been since Gary "Bubba" Blair died from "profound dehydration" in a feces-covered jail cell. A mentally ill man died of thirst in a South Carolina jail cell. In 2026. Let that sink in. No one has been charged. Gary "Bubba" Blair, 43, was loved by his family. Here's what's been reported: 🔹 Feb. 22: Bubba is booked into the Chesterfield County Detention Center on a nonviolent charge of impersonating a law enforcement officer. 🔹 His family says he weighed nearly 300 lbs going in and had struggled with serious mental illness since age 18. 🔹 April 22: He writes to his father, "I've lost about 90 pounds so far. I'm starving to death in here." He says he's drinking from his toilet and has no mattress, and closes with "No help for a white man." 🔹 May: He writes to a circuit judge, "I weighed 292. 9 days later I weighed 270." 🔹 A judge finds him incompetent to stand trial but restorable with treatment. 🔹 June 3: He's ordered into the care of the SC Office of Mental Health for treatment. 🔹 He never gets there. Officials reportedly cite a backlog of about 9 months. 🔹 July 24: He's found dead on the floor of his feces-covered cell, 51 days after that order. 🔹 The autopsy rules it a homicide from "profound dehydration" due to "deprivation of water," according to the family's attorney. 🔹 6 black jail staff are fired, including the detention director. 🔹 SLED is still investigating. 🔹 Charges: none Bubba would have been begging for food, for water, for help. He said he wasn't allowed to shower for 28 days. He said he was beaten. 81 days, and barely a peep from national media. Bubba deserved help. He deserved water. He deserved food. He deserved better. And no one gives a damn. What do you think would be happening if a black man died in the same circumstances, and with a white jailer crew watching? Share this so he isn't forgotten.

A white man died of thirst in a South Carolina jail. Ruled a homicide. Here's how many stories ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNOW and CNN have run on Gary "Bubba" Blair: ABC: 0 NBC: 0 CBS: 0 MSNOW: 0 CNN: 0 Not one story on their websites. Not one post on their national X accounts. But the same week his death was ruled a homicide, CBS and ABC found time for a story from that exact same jail. An inmate who escaped his cell with a pencil. The pencil got national coverage. Bubba got nothing. His family's attorney says he died of dehydration. 6 black jail employees have been fired. No one has been charged. Local reporters at Queen City News did the work. The national networks looked away. Justice for Bubba. Say his name.