female prisoner paralyzed from neck down after beating by 4 male guards

[Demovictory9]

On Aug. 21, Weimar was asked to clean a toilet at the Lowell facility as part of a work detail — but a pre-existing hip condition that caused her pain rendered her unable to do so, according to the lawsuit.

She allegedly requested and was denied a “reasonable accommodation for her physical disability in connection with her prison work assignment” and “a confrontation ensued.”

“Under FDC policy and procedure, prison officials should have called medical personnel to intervene once Plaintiff Cheryl Weimar declared an inmate medical emergency,” the lawsuit says. “The more Plaintiff Cheryl Weimar complained of her physical condition, the more angry, aggressive, and violent the John Doe Defendants became. “

Eventually the guards snapped, according to the lawsuit.

“One or more of the John Doe Defendants slammed Plaintiff Cheryl Weimar to the ground” and “while down, they brutally beat her with blows to her head, neck, and back,” it continues. “At least one John Doe Defendant elbowed Plaintiff Cheryl Weimar in the back of her neck, causing her to suffer a broken neck.”

The guards then allegedly dragged Weimar “like a rag doll to a nearby wheelchair, allowing her head to bounce along the ground along the way” before taking her “outside the compound so they could continue their brutal attack in an area that was not covered by surveillance cameras.”

The lawsuit says Weimar is now a quadriplegic who has to breathe and be fed through tubes. She is seeking “compensatory damages, including for permanent physical injury, disfigurement, and emotional pain and suffering… for attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection with this litigation, and for such other relief as this court deems appropriate.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-prison-guard-beating-attack-lawsuit

[secondwind]

1. Why??!!?? Why do they act this way? This is NOT

normal behavior. This is insane!!

[SharonAnn]

2. Because they can. They are not held accountable.

[eShirl]

7. poor training, poor supervision, peer culture of brutality

[Bayard]

3. Holy Crap!

This sounds like something out of, "Shawshank Redemption".

“We recognize that preliminary reports from this incident are concerning,” the department’s secretary, Mark Inch, said in a statement to the media".

Concerning? This woman is now a quadriplegic with a breathing tube! All of this because she had a hip injury that made it painful to bend over and clean a damn toilet.

[Stuart G]

4. What will the governor do? He is a republican a**ho**. My guess the governor will do nothing.

[Bettie]

9. He might have the guards promoted

and ensure that the woman has no access to care. That sounds about right.

[safeinOhio]

5. When those that enforce the law, break the law.

Deprivation of rights under color of law[edit]
The deprivation of rights under color of law is a federal criminal offense which occurs when any person, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person on any U.S. territory or possession to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens (18 U.S.C. § 242). When two or more persons conspire to prevent the exercise of constitutional rights, or to punish an individual for having exercised them, it is deemed a conspiracy against rights (18 U.S.C. § 241). The death penalty is applicable in extreme cases when the crimes cause the death of the individual being deprived of constitutional rights. [5][6]

I hope the Feds are looking into this one.

[malaise]

6. This happens when the likes of Bush and Cheney sanctioned torture

for people they captured overseas - it always comes home

[pecosbob]

8. I recall a short stay in the Harris County Jail (Houston) in the early seventies

There was a 6'6" 275 lb. red-haired deputy in that jail that would select someone from the cells each night and beat them to within an inch of their life. It happened again each night I stayed there.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Fuck the carceral state.

[MagickMuffin]

11. John Doe Defendants: NAME NAMES

They are not john doe's. They have names and should be public record.

Quit hiding their identities.

[Keg Stand]

12. I hope that woman gets a huge settlement.

And has round the clock health care for the rest of her life.

[questionseverything]

14. the problem is if she gets a huge settlement, it will come from the taxpayers

the law needs changed so those guards personally pay too

[Karadeniz]

13. Those who hire prison guards should have knowledge of what sort of personality often seeks

Prison guards. The same qualities that might make one an effective guard could also make one an abusive guard.