by Deb Cupples | Friday, the Justice Department reported:
"A federal judge today sentenced Jimmy "Jimbo" Sullivan, the former
chief of police in Mendenhall, Miss., to 30 months in prison for using
excessive force when he repeatedly stomped on the head of an arrestee....
"At his guilty plea hearing on Jan. 30, 2009, Sullivan admitted that he used excessive force on July 22, 2005, after joining other law enforcement officials in the apprehension of a man who led police on a car chase. At the end of the chase, Sullivan pulled the man from his car and repeatedly stomped on his head as the man lay face-down in the street. A local hospital treated the man for injuries sustained during the assault."
What sort of injuries would one sustain from having one's head stomped repeatedly? Brain damage, perhaps? How would medical folks treat such injuries?
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