The settlement ends an excessive force lawsuit brought by a man who tried to correct his diving blood sugar with a meal but became disoriented in the restaurant
San Diego County has agreed to pay nearly $200,000 to a pharmaceutical salesman who was put in a headlock and thrown to the ground, kicked and shocked with a stun gun by deputies while he was having a low blood-sugar episode so dire that a paramedic later said it was “the lowest I’ve ever seen someone that’s still breathing.”
Carr had just finished playing drums with his band at a nearby church when his blood-sugar level dropped, according to court records and his attorney Joseph McMullen. Carr is a Type 1 diabetic who wears an insulin pump to help combat the disease.He went to the East Village Asian Diner diner to get something to eat to raise his blood sugar, but while there, as his blood sugar continued to crater, he became disoriented and appeared to nod off while at the counter.
He was then tased in the back and flung to the ground in a headlock where the deputies piled on top of him. He was tased twice more — the third time for five seconds until the device automatically shut off — before being handcuffed and carried outside, court records recounted. Paramedics arrived, and Deputy Jason Ferguson told them Carr “says he’s diabetic” and pointed to the insulin pump.
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