One of five former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop this month was accused in 2016 of participating in a prison assault that left an inmate unconscious, a federal civil rights complaint says.
this month was accused in 2016 of participating in a prison assault that left an inmate unconscious, according to a federal civil rights complaint.
The suit, which Sledge filed without a lawyer, was dismissed in 2018 after a judge found he did not properly serve one of the defendants with a summons.According to the complaint, Sledge said that on May 16, 2015, the officers searched his cellblock at the, which houses inmates serving misdemeanor sentences and felony prison terms of up to 12 years.
Sledge accused Haley and another officer of punching him in the face, according to the suit. A third officer picked Sledge up and slammed him face first into the sink and onto the floor, the suit alleges.“After that I blacked out,” Sledge said in the suit, adding that he awoke in the prison's medical unit.Reached by phone Tuesday, Sledge declined to comment.
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