Lawsuit: Diabetic 'pummeled,' shocked by Hamilton County deputies

Editor's Note:  Most notable here is that a state highway patrol trooper actually pulled the offending deputy away from abusing this man further, and "alerted his bosses."  This by no means makes him some sort of hero; this is the way police should behave when they see such flagrant abuse.  Nonetheless, this patrol trooper should be commended for representing his position so well.  Stand up now police, or you will join the rest of us in the control grid being set up.    

Cincinnati News

John Harmon was coming off a late night at work when he left his downtown marketing firm for his Anderson Township home just after midnight in October 2009.

The 52-year-old longtime diabetic's blood sugar levels had dipped to a dangerously low level causing him to weave into another lane.

A Hamilton County sheriff's deputy spotted him on Clough Pike and suspected drunken driving.
What happened over the next two minutes and 20 seconds should never happen to anyone, Harmon said.

Deputies broke the window of Harmon's SUV, shocked him seven times with a Taser, cut him out of his seatbelt and wrestled him to the ground, severely dislocating his elbow, and causing trauma to his shoulder and thumb.

The deputies' actions prompted a state highway patrol trooper to pull one deputy away from Harmon because he was so concerned about how Harmon was being treated. That trooper alerted his bosses to the deputies' actions.

Even after learning the incident was a medical emergency, deputies charged Harmon with resisting arrest and failing to comply with a police officer's order.

"I thought for sure I was going to die," Harmon said. "I remember praying to God, 'Help me through this.'"

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