Randy Cox, 36, was paralyzed from the waist down when he was taken to a New Haven police station to be charged with weapons on June 19, his family said.
The video – which is one of the videos released by police this week – shows Cox suddenly slipping her head against the inside wall of the detainee van, which authorities said was not equipped with seat belts.
The driver of the van, police officer Oscar Diaz, said he had to brake hard to avoid the collision, police said.
Diaz continued to drive to the station – despite an injured Cox calling for help and saying he could not move from the floor, according to video and officials.
A few minutes later, Diaz stopped the van to check on Cox. The police officer then called the paramedics, but told them to meet at the station instead of where the truck had stopped, police said.
The video, released by police this week, shows Randy Cox suddenly slipping forward and breaking his head in the back of a New Haven police van on June 19. New Haven Police Department
After arriving at the station, the video showed several police officers pulling Cox off the van by his legs and putting him in a wheelchair.
Police then detained Cox, took him out of his wheelchair and left him on the floor of a prison cell, as shown in the video.
Rescuers arrived minutes later and rushed Cox to the hospital, police said.
Several police officers dragged an already injured Cox from the back of the van after arriving at the police station. New Haven Police Station Cox was put in a wheelchair before being taken inside, detained, and then placed on the floor of a prison cell until doctors arrived. New Haven Police Department
The driver and four other New Haven police officers have since been placed on administrative leave as state police are investigating the incident.
New Haven Mayor Justin Eliker and incumbent Police Chief Regina Russ-Keatl said they released the videos in an effort to be transparent and gave all the details to state police, who were called in to conduct an independent investigation.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Cramb, who represents Cox and his family, said the injured man remained in intensive care.
Cox was paralyzed from the waist down and remains in the intensive care unit, his family said. Cox family
“I’m here because when I saw this video, it shook my conscience,” Crabbe told a news conference outside New Haven Supreme Court on Tuesday.
“And I think when you all see this video, you will shock your conscience. “The only question is, why, when the police look at Randy Cox saying ‘I can’t move’, why doesn’t it shock their conscience?”
With Post cables
