B. Sheriff’s Deputy James Foraker Assaulted Mr. Hartman, Who Had
Been Handcuffed and Shackled, Without Provocation in the Stairwell of the
Medina County Courthouse, in an Unprovoked Attack.
Mr. Harman remained confined in the
Medina County Jail during his first trial.
Sheriff’s deputies daily conveyed Mr. Hartman from the Medina County
Jail to the Medina County Courthouse, transferring custody of Mr. Hartman from
the transport deputy to Deputy James Foraker, the “courtroom deputy,” at
restricted entrance to the courthouse.
Thereupon, Deputy Foraker was charged with the responsibility of
escorting Mr. Hartman up the stairwell to Courtroom #1.
On no fewer than two occasions, while Mr.
Hartman’s hands had been secured to belly chains and his ankles shackled,
rendering him defenseless, Deputy Foraker assaulted Mr. Hartman from behind,
placing both hands around Mr. Hartman’s throat and choking him. The unprovoked assaults by the deputy upon
Mr. Hartman, in the relative privacy of the stairwell and out of full public
view, demonstrate the unlawful brutality
and unmitigated cowardice of the sheriff’s deputy directed at Mr. Hartman, who was
effectively defenseless during these unprovoked attacks.
This unprovoked violence directed at Mr.
Hartman by a sheriff’s deputy demonstrate the level of animus personnel of the
Medina County Sheriff’s Office have displayed against Mr. Hartman to the extent
that they willfully violated the law and failed to provide for the health and
safety of Mr. Hartman, who had been in
their custody.
The change of venue to Cuyahoga County
will eliminate the potential for further violent, assaultive conduct from
Medina County Sheriff’s deputies.
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