1. (Law) a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted. 2. get out of jail get out of jail free to get out of a difficult situation.
A second video, filmed by the owner of the store Alton Sterling was selling CDs in front of, shows a clearer view of the altercation in which Sterling was shot and killed on July 5. It also seems to show officers removing something from Sterling's pocket after he was shot. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
Published: August 12, 1990. MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug. 11â Brent Mydland, the 37-year-old keyboardist for the Grateful Dead rock band, was killed by an overdose of drugs, the office of the Contra Costa County coroner ruled Friday. Mr. Mydland was found dead at his home in the nearby town of Lafayette on July 26.