Police in Virginia are being sued by the mother of a man who died in custody despite his repeated requests to go to the hospital. Allan Tucker II, 32, was arrested for alleged public intoxication and was left in a police cruiser outside the jail for roughly 45 minutes before anyone noticed he was unresponsive. Body camera footage corroborated his requests for help. An independent policing auditor confirmed that officers violated policy by disregarding his medical requests. The arresting officer physically drove past Inova Alexandria Hospital while Tucker was actively pleading to be taken there, and then Tucker was left alone in the back of a patrol car for a long period of time. This was an intentional decision by the Alexandria Police Department to prioritize incarceration over immediate, life-saving medical care that was just minutes away. Prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges.