A black young American man was injured and paralyzed while being transferred to a detention center in the American city of New Haven in Connecticut, this event sparked a wave of anger in the state , people demand to deal with that the police who are responsible for his injury .
The young Richard Cox, 36 years old, was arrested last Sunday night on charges of possession of a weapon without a license, but when he was taken to the police station, he was put in the police vehicle without a seat belt. witch makes , as people think , the police officers responsible for his hit.
A video clip revealed by the police city showed the moment Cox was hit, as the driver had to stop suddenly to avoid a traffic accident the arrested young man was led to slipping and hitting his head hard, and breaking his neck.
The video documented Cox’s appeal to the driver of the vehicle as soon as he was injured, as he kept shouting, “Help, help me. The driver got out of his car to check the young man, who seemed lifeless and could not move. The police car driver only said that he would call the ambulance to come to the detention center.
When Cox could not get out of the police car upon its arrival at the detention center, the officers dragged him from the car, urged him to get up, while he repeatedly tried to show the police that he could not.They thought he was drunk , so they asked him questions like, “Have you been drinking too much? How much did you drink?”
The police tried to put Cox in a wheelchair, but the injury prevented him from being able to sit on the chair, and the officers continued to order the young man to get up and control himself.