“An inmate says Nevada County jailers broke his leg, then left him on a curb behind the jail,” according to the Sacramento Bee.
“The suit claims the man suffered an estimated $1.5 million in damages that include pain and suffering, cost of treatment and the ’emotional and mental distress caused by the rough handling, demeaning taunts, physical beating and having his leg broken while handcuffed,'” The Bee is reporting.
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