serve and protect seem to be words from a distant past that no longer exists and as you read this i suspect you'll wonder where it all went;

The taxpayers of Ohio were put on notice this week that they will be shelling out a massive $17.5 million settlement as part of a lawsuit brought against the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Seth Fletcher will be receiving the settlement, although no amount of money will ever let him walk or feel anything from below his neck again. Fletcher was paralyzed by officers at the institution who would later go on to brag about it and face no liability.

Fletcher’s nightmare began last year when he was knocked to the ground by officers so hard that he lost feeling in his legs.

According to the Ohio state patrol’s report, during their investigation into the incident, they found that Officer Christopher Coy claimed Fletcher tried to pull away from him. When Coy failed to take Fletcher down with a leg sweep, he tackled the 5-foot-9-inch handcuffed man to the ground.

It was this attack which caused the original paralysis. However, his complaints of no feelings in his legs were ignored and instead of getting him the help that may have saved his ability to walk, officers proceeded to further brutalize him.

After the initial injury, officers continued to pick Fletcher up and drop him, repeatedly. The problem became so severe that Fletcher was unable to move even to drink water. Instead of realizing this was a problem, officers poured water into his face, getting it up his nose in a form of waterboarding.

Fletcher was left in this situation for two days without any help. It wasn’t until psychologist Eric Anderson visited Fletcher in his cell that anything was done and medical help was finally called in. Fletcher was taken to Ohio State Wexner Medical Center where he underwent emergency spinal surgery that was entirely unsuccessful.

“It is probably the most horrific case I’ve seen and I’ve been litigating police misconduct cases for 20 years,” said Fletcher’s attorney, James J. Harrington IV of Fieger Law in Michigan.........read more........