Ripping grill off teeth of man in custody costs Metro $100,000

[GOBUCKS]

A sheriff's lieutenant welcomed Anthony McCoy to the Davidson County jail system by ordering him to open wide to inspect the gold jewelry attached to his teeth.

What happened next left McCoy with a bloody mouth, 10 days of untreated, throbbing pain and Metro taxpayers with a legal bill close to $100,000.

"He was spitting out blood and teeth into a trash can, and then told to get back in line," said McCoy's attorney David Raybin.

The incident in November started with McCoy's arrest after failing to pay child support. A sheriff's deputy told him to remove the gold grill attached to his teeth. But when McCoy, 31, told the deputy it was permanently attached, Lt. Tanya Mayhew stepped in. She put on a rubber glove, stuck her hand in his mouth and yanked out the gold jewelry grill cemented to his teeth.


Raybin said his client had the enamel on his front four teeth ripped away and was denied proper medical treatment afterward. He asked to see a dentist but was given Tylenol instead. It took 10 days locked away before the dentist came.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100316/NEWS03/3160334/Ripping+grill+off+teeth+of+man+in+custody+costs+Metro++100+000

Let's hope if he gets any money out of this it will go to his chirren, and not for a new grill.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Buying a grill instead of supporting his kids?

Definitely a total bag of ass...

...but the cops were way out of line both in removing property absent a court order and refusal of reasonable medical care...

...if the story is true.

[The Village Idiot]

But don't you know that government is where caring happens?

and I would place money, if I had any, on him getting a new grill first.