Washington Examiner By Cami Mondeaux, Breaking News Reporter
A Connecticut man has been paralyzed from the chest down and is breathing on a ventilator after a police van that was transporting him to a detention center made an abrupt stop, sending him headfirst into the wall.
Randy Cox had been arrested on gun charges and was placed in the back of the van handcuffed and with no seat belt on. When the van slammed on its brakes, Cox went flying toward the front of the vehicle holding area and smashed his head, according to video of the incident.
Cox cried out for help, but he was left lying there for the remainder of the roughly 8-minute ride, his representatives said. When officers arrived at the detention center, they dragged him out of the van, placed him in a wheelchair, mocked him for his posture, and took him to his cell, bodycam footage showed…
