Tuesday 28 June 2022 10:54 PM Horrifying moment handcuffed suspect breaks his NECK in police van trends now
Surveillance footage captures the moment a handcuffed suspect was paralyzed after hitting his head in a Connecticut police van last week.
Richard Cox, 36, who was arrested on June 19, for possession of an illegal firearm, was being transported in a van without seatbelts to the New Haven Police Department when the vehicle came to a sudden stop - tossing Cox head first into the wall.
Footage shows Cox laying on the floor and weakly shouting 'help' until the officers pulled over to scope the incident
Cox was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm by New Haven police
Richard Cox, 36, hit the wall of the van headfirst before collapsing to the floor
He was handcuffed in the back of a van without seatbelts when the vehicle came to a sudden stop
Officer Oscar Diaz went to go check on Cox before calling an ambulance and proceeding to the New Haven Police Department
Officer Oscar Diaz then pulled the van over to check on Cox.
'What happened,' Diaz asked as Cox attempted to tell him various times that he was unable to move his body.
Diaz called an ambulance and proceeded to drive to the police headquarters.
Multiple officers responded to the van and insisted Cox get up to leave the van, despite Cox insisting he couldn't move.
'If you got to drag me, do what you got to do,' Cox told the officers as they proceeded to pull him out by the leg.
'Sit up,' an officer told Cox various times as he was placed and slumped over in a wheelchair with his head handing to the far side of his shoulder.