The sheriff's office in Broward County, Florida, found itself under scrutiny last week after footage emerged of two deputies pepper spraying, punching and slamming a 15-year-old's head into the pavement
A Florida sheriff's office is accused of using excessive force. It's not the first timeBy Dakin Andone, CNNChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.It's the most recent example of Broward sheriff's deputies being caught on camera appearing to use excessive force.In recent months, the county public defender's office has sent at least two letters to the sheriff's office, demanding that it review two separate cases.
According to the letter, Deputy Jorge Sobrino, who was investigating a report of a domestic disturbance at a Walmart, arrested the man for"resisting without violence" and took him to a local hospital to treat injuries that he'd sustained.The suspect, David O'Connell, was put in a hospital room and handcuffed to the bed, the letter said. He later repeats that he wants to leave and begins to yell to people outside the room,"I don't want to be here, I want to sign off.
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