Cahill died while being held following a police sweep in the Kensington section of the city earlier this month targeting narcotics users and people with open warrants. Resnick, 61, was arrested at home on three outstanding warrants and was being held in the Curran-Fromhold jail. He was found deceased in his cell on Sept. 14. Both were being held in unsupervised intake units awaiting medical screening when they died.
Hujack yelled and her comrades repeated in call-and-response fashion: “Under your watch, my cousin Amanda Cahill died. For hours, women in their cells banged on their doors. They all called for help. Nobody came. How does that make you feel?”
As panel participants were escorted off the stage and quickly fled the room, the people’s mic repeated Hujack’s charged words: “Justice for Amanda Cahill. You took my cousin’s life. She suffered for six hours and 45 minutes. End the torture now. Justice for Amanda. Close the Philly jails now. Michael Resnick, you have blood on your hands.”