His name is Tracy Ingle and he's alive, but he needs help.
1. They raided his house from multiple entrances, bashing down his front door with a battering ram and crashing through his bedroom window.
2. He grabbed a broken gun to scare what he thought were burglars and was subsequently shot 5 times. One bullet remains lodged above his heart.
3. In jail, they withheld his pain medication and antibiotics. They ignored his doctor's instructions to change his bandages and clean his wounds. He became infected.
4. They found no drugs but charged him with drug dealing. His sister claims ownership of the scale and baggies which form the basis for the drug charge. She uses those things for making jewelry.
5. He pawned his car to make bail so he had to walk 2 miles on crutches to his first court appearance. His leg was still infected.
6. On the warrant, the words "crack cocaine" are scratched out and replaced with "methamphetamine," suggesting the document may have been illegally altered after the judge approved it.
7. A neighbor who saw the whole raid now refuses to talk after a visit from the police. They assured him that "he did not see what he thought he saw."
If you can handle it, Radley Balko has much more.
1. They raided his house from multiple entrances, bashing down his front door with a battering ram and crashing through his bedroom window.
2. He grabbed a broken gun to scare what he thought were burglars and was subsequently shot 5 times. One bullet remains lodged above his heart.
3. In jail, they withheld his pain medication and antibiotics. They ignored his doctor's instructions to change his bandages and clean his wounds. He became infected.
4. They found no drugs but charged him with drug dealing. His sister claims ownership of the scale and baggies which form the basis for the drug charge. She uses those things for making jewelry.
5. He pawned his car to make bail so he had to walk 2 miles on crutches to his first court appearance. His leg was still infected.
6. On the warrant, the words "crack cocaine" are scratched out and replaced with "methamphetamine," suggesting the document may have been illegally altered after the judge approved it.
7. A neighbor who saw the whole raid now refuses to talk after a visit from the police. They assured him that "he did not see what he thought he saw."
If you can handle it, Radley Balko has much more.
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