Post by Shuftin on Oct 4, 2006 5:06:24 GMT -5
2006-09-18
MACON, GEORGIA – A federal lawsuit filed today accuses a Macon police officer of attacking a mentally retarded man two years ago and asks for $100,000 in damages.
According to the lawsuit, Macon Police Officer Roy Chestnut attacked Thomasellous James Redding at a street corner on Wellworth Avenue on Sept. 2, 2004.
The lawsuit, filed by Redding's father Arthur James Redding, also accuses Chestnut of throwing Redding to the ground, kicking him, pointing a gun at his head and threatening to shoot him.
Mayor Jack Ellis, Police Chief Mike Burns and Chestnut are named as defendants in the case.
Macon police spokeswoman Sgt. Melanie Hofmann said Chestnut was investigated in the case by the Internal Affairs unit, but the case is still in appeals.
She referred questions about the lawsuit to the city attorney's office.
"I don't know anything about it," City Attorney Pope Langstaff said. "I can't really comment on it since I haven't seen it."
MACON, GEORGIA – A federal lawsuit filed today accuses a Macon police officer of attacking a mentally retarded man two years ago and asks for $100,000 in damages.
According to the lawsuit, Macon Police Officer Roy Chestnut attacked Thomasellous James Redding at a street corner on Wellworth Avenue on Sept. 2, 2004.
The lawsuit, filed by Redding's father Arthur James Redding, also accuses Chestnut of throwing Redding to the ground, kicking him, pointing a gun at his head and threatening to shoot him.
Mayor Jack Ellis, Police Chief Mike Burns and Chestnut are named as defendants in the case.
Macon police spokeswoman Sgt. Melanie Hofmann said Chestnut was investigated in the case by the Internal Affairs unit, but the case is still in appeals.
She referred questions about the lawsuit to the city attorney's office.
"I don't know anything about it," City Attorney Pope Langstaff said. "I can't really comment on it since I haven't seen it."