An Arkansas inmate who was beaten by a police officer in the back of a patrol car has sued the former officer and his police chief. Attorneys for Billy Lee Coram filed the lawsuit on Tuesday against former Jonesboro police officer Joseph Harris, Chief Rick Elliott and the city of Jonesboro.
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“Jonesboro Chief of Police Rick Elliott knew he had a ticking time bomb in Officer Harris yet unleashed him on the City of Jonesboro knowing he was set to explode,” Michael Kiel Kaiser, who filed the lawsuit with attorney Mike Laux in federal court, said in a news release. “No matter what Mr. Coram has allegedly done, under no circumstance is the violent rage inflicted on him by Officer Harris ever acceptable.
In the video, Coram is wearing a hospital gown and choking himself with a seatbelt wrapped his neck as the car is moving in the roughly 12-minute video. After the car pulls over, Harris opens the door and punches and elbows Coram several times in the face as he unwinds the belt.
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