Police Violence

A federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Police-violence-3.pdf">refused to dismiss</a></strong> a complaint against an Adams County sheriff’s officer who allegedly punched a compliant driver in the face, breaking his jaw, detaching his retina and traumatically injuring his brain, because the officer noticed the man “had a pocketknife clipped to his pants.”

DENVER — A federal judge refused to dismiss a complaint against an Adams County sheriff’s officer who allegedly punched a compliant driver in the face, breaking his jaw, detaching his retina and traumatically injuring his brain, because the officer noticed the man “had a pocketknife clipped to his pants.”

Categories / Government, Personal Injury

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