SEATTLE (AP) — A man has filed a lawsuit against King County and several corrections officers, alleging they fractured his spine when they knelt on his back and forcibly removed his clothing in jail.
Todd Jones, 53, filed the lawsuit in King County Superior Court last week, The Seattle Times reported. The lawsuit contends that while he was being held in King County Jail on April 21, 2019, he “suffered several acute fractures to his lumbar spine.”
The lawsuit says officers held him on the ground in a holding cell and “wrenched” his torso upward, against the direction of the force applied to his back.
Noah Haglund, a jail spokesperson, declined to comment Monday on the claims, citing pending litigation.