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Man Suing Sheriff Deputies For $10 Million After Beating Made His Eyeball Fall Out
(N.Morgan) Now you can add mutilation to the police's repertoire. Michael Bratt alleges that Hernando County sheriff's deputies beat him until his eyeball fell out. Mr. Bratt is now suing for 10 million dollars.
The report filed by deputy Steven George, states that fault lies with Mr. Bratt, not the officers.. Of course..
In December 2009 a noise complaint was made against Michael Bratt and his wife Marjorie Youman's Christmas party. George responded to the complaint, and after speaking with neighbors, jumped the fence that surrounded their property instead of using the call box at the front gate. Bratt answered the front door and asked to see George's badge, showing signs of anger, saying he was trespassing.
Things then got heated as Youmans came to the door and started yelling at the deputy. Bratt shoved his wife back to stop her tirade, and George informed him he was committing domestic battery.
Basically, the cops are saying they don't now how Bratt lost his eye, only they didn't do it.
Bratt says he was dragged outside by the deputies in handcuffs and then beaten by Van Tassel and Genovese. Genovese, a 300-pound deputy, "proceeded to drive his knee into Mr. Bratt's face, shattering Mr. Bratt's orbital bone and causing Mr. Bratt's eye to fall into the cavity of his cheek," according to the lawsuit.
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