Giovanni Loyola claims that he told "Deputy Godber that the handcuffs were too tight, that they were hurting his wrists, and that one of his hands was growing numb," according to the lawsuit.
An amputee has sued an Alabama sheriff’s department after he was allegedly handcuffed so tightly for several hours that he had to have his left hand surgically removed.
A man in Alabama who lost his hand after the police allegedly handcuffed him too tightly has decided to take his local sheriff's department to court. The incident took place on February 16, 2020, according to AL.com.Giovanni Loyola, 28, claimed that he was handcuffed so tightly during an arrest in 2.
Giovanni Loyola visited the hospital over the 10 months after his arrest last year to address restrictive blood flow and chronic pain. Complications in blood circulation ultimately resulted in the amputation of his left hand. His experience is just one of many police assaults on workers in Alabama in the recent period.
The plaintiff says he repeatedly begged a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy to loosen the cuffs after losing feeling in his left hand. His hand was amputated 10 months later.