KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The family of Charles Adair, the man who died while in custody at the Wyandotte County jail, is threatening to sue the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, unless it agrees to pay a $25 million settlement.

Adair died on July 5; his death has been ruled a homicide. Richard Fatherly, a deputy with the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office, has been charged with second-degree murder/reckless or, in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter.

Ben Crump, the attorney representing Adair's family, claims Adair died as a direct result of Fatherly using excessive force.

"The autopsy report...indicates that he experienced mechanical asphyxia as Deputy Fatherly applied his knee to Mr. Adair's back for a period of 86 seconds while Mr. Adair was restrained in

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