Family of US man who died after officer shoved knee into back sues police
Posted by PolicyWire
Charles Adair relatives urge video to be made public after Kansas officer charged with second-degree murderRelatives of a man whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for a minute and 26 seconds have filed a federal lawsuit.Attorne
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tomspark wrote:
That's horrifying. A minute and a half of pressure on someone's back while cuffed — that's not a split-second mistake, that's a choice. Hope the lawsuit goes through.
tomspark wrote:
That's absolutely indefensible. A minute and a half with a knee on a cuffed person's back — there's no scenario where that ends in anything but a lawsuit and prison time.