CCTV footage shows the moment a detained man in Connecticut last week was carried out of the back of a police van after being slammed against it and rendered immobilized.
Richard Cox, 36, was being driven to the New Haven Police Department in a van without seatbelts when the driver abruptly stopped, throwing Cox head first into the wall. Cox was arrested on June 19 for possessing an unlawful handgun.
In a nearby hospital, where he is paralyzed from the neck down and requires a breathing tube, Cox is currently battling for his life.
Cox may be seen on video lying on the ground and groping for aid before the police arrive to investigate.
gruesome incident suspect Randy Cox suffers a neck injury in a police van.
The van was then stopped by Officer Oscar Diaz so he could check on Cox.
Diaz demanded, “What happened,” as Cox repeatedly tried to explain that he was unable to move.
Diaz made an ambulance call before driving to the police department.
Cox stated he couldn’t move, but many cops who arrived at the van ordered Cox get up and get out.
As the officers began to pull him out by the leg, Cox said, “If you had to drag me, do what you need to do.”
Cox was placed in a wheelchair and repeatedly told to “sit up” by officers as his head was cocked to the side of his shoulder.
Cox was then taken inside the station by the authorities for processing without receiving medical assistance.
Officers claimed that Cox’s problem was his usage of drugs and alcohol before taking him to the cell floor and handcuffing his feet together.
He is in excellent condition, an officer stated.
According to Cox’s lawyer Ben Crump, the man is currently fighting for his life in a hospital in New Haven.
He requires a breathing tube and is paralyzed from the chest down; as a result, Crump claimed that his quality of life has been permanently reduced.
After Cox was “brutally” treated without cause, Crump, who is well known for having defended the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Trayvon Martin, is demanding justice.
Instead of providing him with appropriate medical attention, the cops “dragged him off the van and forced him into a wheelchair that may have exacerbated his life-threatening injuries,” Crump claimed. “They rejected his pleadings as falsehoods.”
The cops who were on duty have been placed on administrative leave while the situation is being investigated. According to the New Haven Independent, the officers are Ronald Pressley, Jocelyn Lavandier, Betsy Segui, Luis Rivera, and Diaz.
A lawsuit is in the process, according to Cox’s local lawyer Jack O’Donnell.
Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the New Haven Superior Court, a press conference with Cox’s family and legal counsel is set.