Disabled NY man to sue after being dragged off bus
Aug 16, 2013 15:29:34 GMT -8
Post by DJ on Aug 16, 2013 15:29:34 GMT -8
It's quite disgusting how the police treated this poor man for such a minor problem! :mad:
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A disabled man who survived being hit by two trains in the early 1990s said he will sue after Syracuse police used a stun gun on him and dragged him off a public transit bus when he refused to sit down.
Brad Hulett, 35, claims two officers used excessive force, leaving him with a broken hip.
A bus security camera video obtained by The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/12Idwww ) shows the May 3 encounter beginning with Hulett repeatedly asking "For what reason?" when officers tell him to leave the bus. The video shows an officer then shocking Hulett in the back and Hulett yelling "Ow!" before falling as he is pulled out of the bus door.
"You want it again?" an officer yells. "You want it again?"
The officer then drags Hulett across the pavement by his foot. Hulett was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Hulett said he had surgery the next day during which doctors inserted three pins into his hip.
He told the newspaper he needed to stand on the bus while holding onto a pole because a previous back injury made sitting difficult. He said he has two herniated discs in his back from a car accident. He also suffered brain damage when he was struck by two trains, one after the other, at the age of 12. Doctors removed a portion of his brain at the time, leaving him with weakness on his left side and a large dent in his skull.
Brad Hulett, 35, claims two officers used excessive force, leaving him with a broken hip.
A bus security camera video obtained by The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/12Idwww ) shows the May 3 encounter beginning with Hulett repeatedly asking "For what reason?" when officers tell him to leave the bus. The video shows an officer then shocking Hulett in the back and Hulett yelling "Ow!" before falling as he is pulled out of the bus door.
"You want it again?" an officer yells. "You want it again?"
The officer then drags Hulett across the pavement by his foot. Hulett was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Hulett said he had surgery the next day during which doctors inserted three pins into his hip.
He told the newspaper he needed to stand on the bus while holding onto a pole because a previous back injury made sitting difficult. He said he has two herniated discs in his back from a car accident. He also suffered brain damage when he was struck by two trains, one after the other, at the age of 12. Doctors removed a portion of his brain at the time, leaving him with weakness on his left side and a large dent in his skull.
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