Gary Blair, a 43-year-old White man, died on July 24, 2026 at the Chesterfield County Detention Center in South Carolina.
He was murdered. Not by other prisoners, but by the facility's anti-White administration, led by Black jail director Troy Ellerbe.
Gary Blair was placed in the jail's lockdown unit and held in a cell with inches-deep feces on the floor. He was provided no mattress or blankets. Water to the cell's sink was cut off. Neighboring inmates would pass him small amounts of water when they could. He was not allowed out of his cell.
While he was still alive, Gary wrote letters to his family complaining about the deplorable conditions he faced. He detailed the lack of food and water. No showers. Forced to drink soiled toilet water. He described staff as “very nasty to White inmates.” He pinpointed aforementioned Black jail director Troy Ellerbe, and said former Sheriff James Dixon (Chesterfield County's first Black sheriff) brought about the anti-White culture that still ran rampant in the jail.
“No help for a White man,” wrote Gary. “Luckily, there's one White chick left,” he said, referring to a female guard who worked evening shifts. “She finally made sure I got a shower after fourteen days.”
Family said that Gary had been denied contact with them - no calls, no visits - for months prior to his death. He entered the jail at 300 pounds. 152 days later, he was found dead, naked on the feces-covered floor of his cell, starved and dehydrated, weighing 185 pounds.
Gary's death was ruled a homicide by deprivation of water.
Gary Blair was being held as a PRE-TRIAL DETAINEE on a MISDEMEANOR charge.
Gary wasn't even supposed to be at the Chesterfield County Detention Center, but at a mental health restoration facility. He was arrested for “impersonating an officer” during a “mental health episode” after a medication change.
He didn't actually DO much of anything, insofar as “impersonating an officer.” He dressed up in a police outfit and waved at a deputy who was passing by. That deputy arrested him. Gary had been given the “Sheriff” shirt as a gift from the sheriff he campaigned for back in 2011.
The jail director was fired, but no charges filed.
As of 9/16 he's still listed on their staff website......
Although the Queen City News had a small update....
