In June of 2017, Citrus Heights, CA police held a shirtless James Bradford Nelson III on the scorching hot pavement at a KFC restaurant. The asphalt was estimated to be 170 degrees that day. Human skin is instantly destroyed at 162 degrees.
Nelson, who was 27-years old and diagnosed with schizophrenia, was being detained by police after a mental episode where he was accused of trying to take a restaurant employee’s wallet. That charge was later dropped.
Police held Nelson face down on the pavement for approximately five minutes as he screamed and flailed in pain. After the officers picked him up and saw the burns, they poured water on him and called an ambulance.
When Nelson arrived at the medical center, his body temperature was 108 degrees, he had second- and third-degree burns over 20 percent of his body, suffered kidney failure, and was in shock. Nelson would be left permanently disfigured with scar tissue on his face, chest, and stomach.
According to the excessive force lawsuit filed last year, “Nelson nearly died from these injuries and required months of immediate care at the UC Davis Medical Center.” The lawsuit sought $26 million in damages from Citrus Heights, CA.
Two weeks ago, Citrus Heights, CA officials settled the suit and agreed to pay $1.2 million to Nelson. The settlement also included a written promise by Nelson and his attorneys not to contact the media or discuss the settlement.
The Sacramento Bee obtained the settlement through a California Public Records Act request to the city clerk.
The settlement also states that the city and the officers sued for their actions that day are not liable for any wrongdoing.
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Did his lawyers grab the first offer
same chief didnt help me at his previous dept. im cynthia s in placer county. same chief allowed nebraska huggins n johnny banks to be abused. google new yrs smack down rocklin pd. n google nebraska huggins kicked in face kolasky
We are seeing police officers get away with far too much misconduct and not be held accountable for their actions. We all know from historic facts as well as recent events that the African American male is targeted for oppression, incarceration and other inhumane activity , but most people don’t seem to care unless the situation results in a tragedy or death. I remain hopeful that our people will finally rise up, speak out and stop overlooking the real issues we need to collectively address.
This is so horrendous, what they did to this man. Cops are hard core sadists and a lot are KKK on the QT.
I had rehab care for a huge very bad scar at a place in NYC- the Ostrow Pain Management Center, 625 Madison Ave. & 58th St. 10th Floor.
If this man and his family want to come to NYC, I will go with them to the clinic on his first visit so he can get treated, now that he has the settlement.
They do lidocaine injections to treat scars. There is one other person who I think doe this in NYC, who used to work there. His name is Dr. John Juhl, 61 Broadway NY NY.
I urge him to ge acupuncture and pain management care as well as treatment of the scars, which interfere with the body’s energy flow.
I hope the author is reading this. Please pass this information to the family. I can be reached at Liptonlegal@gmail.com.
This bs is so tiresome. If financial loss does not stem the abuse Black people suffer at the hands of these sadistic people nothing will. Everything they touch they destroy. They are evil and do not deserve to inhabit the planet with others living creatures. I’m not given to violence but it seems to be the only thing they understand and respect.
As the holiday season approaches, again, I I say an Economic Boycott (by ALL people who cares that Black Live Matter), should be a tactic used to stop the massacre. Stop SHOPPING at the Big Box stores seen all across the country like Best Buy, Target, Walmart, department stores, CVS/Walgreens, etc. as well as Amazon. These are corporations that influence legislation (ALEC) & is the only way to stop this madness! Hit them in the pockets has always been the only way to get attention & the change we must demand!
I don’t understand why when our people see these so called cops who are supposed to protect and serve. Beating on one of us or any foul ass violent shit. Get that piece of shit. If you see police abusing us dont record it get the pig! And I bet this shit will stop.
I’m so sorry about what happened to your son. As a black woman who also is also diagnosed with a mental illness, it’s so hard because it’s an invisible illness that cannot be seen. Law enforcement needs some kind of training for invisible illnesses so they can stop this!!! And please tell your son that he is still handsome and beauty comes from the inside. Prayers for him and you!!!
I keep telling people that training has nothing to do with it because one can train a little boy or girl and build them up to be a man or a woman but it’s just simply impossible to try and rebuild and train a grown assed man or woman to be the man or woman that they should already know how to be because they know exactly what they are doing when they’re doing it so please stop this shit about training.😡😎
Slap in the face!
https://petitions.moveon.org/p/N_2d6 one way we can stop police brutality is to stop police agencies from investigating themselves. i would go as far as to say that the arresting officers held him down on the asphalt purposely to create injury. who doesn’t know asphalt is hot to the touch in the summer, with the sun beaming down on it?!?!?! regardless of whether or not they knew before hand the type of injury this man would have, they colluded to injure him. it’s like pulling the trigger, then finding out they murdered someone, then responding, “i didn’t mean to kill him.” please read, sign and share this petition if you agree that we need to stop police officers from investigating themselves. these officers should be fired, pensions taken, sent to prison and banned from police work.
https://petitions.moveon.org/p/N_VU7 please read, sign and share this petition of you agree this nation needs to establish mandatory minimums for police officers.
This man came into that restaurant acting like a maniac, people act like that when intoxicated or high off drugs not just from a mental illness. he attacked the workers first!! The police did their job. They did exactly what they’re trained to do. Him getting burned like that is unfortunate but that whole incident wasn’t malicious or intentional. The Mom has no one to blame but herself. She knew her kid had those mental problems. She should of had him on the correct medication. I’m sure that would of prevented him from that whole situation…
I Agree With You Remi
Remi. I dont think cops are trained to do sadistic damage on people. They had to know the pavement was too hot for flesh contact. They need training in sensitive Situations like mental illness. . They’re too gong ho on getting physical without addressing the issues at hands first through simply finding out what the situation is. And why couldn’t they arrest without keeping him on The scalding hot ground for 5 minutes?? That’s a lifetime when ur burning alive. Imagine someone submerging u in boiling water for 5 minutes!!!! Insane!
Sheeyiiit… I a bussem in da dam head.
Can you explain why he was robbing the place!!!
I thing no money for him since the contacted the media !!
Remi u are an Idiot in real life
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