Two cops were fired for what authorities called reckless actions and lack of compassion toward a man who was paralyzed in a police van
“I can’t move. I’m going to die like this. Please, please, please help me,” Cox said, according to police video.
Five officers, including Lavandier and Rivera, were criminally charged on allegations they cruelly mistreated and neglected Cox, who was left paralyzed from the chest down and is suing the officers and the city for $100 million. The criminal cases remain pending.Article contentAll five officers — Lavandier, Rivera, Oscar Diaz and Betsy Segui be fired. The fifth officer criminally charged, Ronald Pressley — have pleaded not guilty.
Gray, who also was Black, died in 2015 after he suffered a spinal injury while handcuffed and shackled in a city police van.
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