Jason Watts said he hadn’t driven more than a couple blocks past his house when he noticed the police cruiser behind him sounding its siren.
He said he wasn’t sure why he was being stopped, and the officer didn’t offer up a reason when asked.
But within a couple of minutes, Watts was allegedly being pulled off his motorcycle at the hands of York City Police Officer Galen Detweiler — the same officer who made headlines when he was named in the Plain View Project, a Facebook database that flagged posts and comments that researchers believed could undermine public trust and confidence in law enforcement.
Watts was cited for reckless driving and eventually released from police custody. But he claims that when Detweiler uncuffed him, he yanked his right arm so hard that it tore a large portion of his labrum and caused serious nerve damage, requiring multiple surgeries to fix,documents state.
WOW! Hopefully Mr. Watts gets a good lawyer in his corner.
The background of the story (as posted in the complete news paper article) is quite revealing as to the subsequent lack of action taken by the police department after this incident.