Foster’s relatives say they fear officials delayed potentially life-saving care for him, despite knowing he’d been in the jail fight and might have been experiencing a mental health crisis, they told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate.
Foster had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was about 20 but had mostly been able to manage the illness before the arrest, Foster’s father, Glenn Foster Sr., told the news outlet.
Foster was driving at speeds of up to 90 mph, and led officers on a chase along a state highway that crossed into the nearby town of Gordo, whose officers joined the chase, Reform Police Chief Richard Black told the New Orleans news site.
He engaged in what Black described as a “small, minor tussle” with officers, but no one appeared to get hurt, Black said.
Originally from Chicago, Foster has been living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.