It was after midnight when Kevin Kinds was pulled over for running a red light in downtown Cleveland by a Cuyahoga County sheriff’s deputy who pulled out his gun and threatened to shoot the 48-year-old Black man before punching and tasering him several times in December 2023.
“Help me!” Kinds pleaded as he struggled with several deputies who were handcuffing him, leaving him with permanent injuries.
Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Coyne, who is now a lieutenant, claimed he feared for his safety when he brutalized Kinds, accusing the Black man of resisting arrest and not showing his hands – but all charges were dismissed against Kinds last year.
On Monday, Dec. 8, Kinds filed a lawsuit against Coyne and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department, accusing deputies of violating his Fourth and 14th Amendment rights by using excessive force against him…