San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez is applauding Friday’s verdict by a federal jury convicting a deputy of using excessive force on a man in pretrial custody and writing a false report in order to cover up what happened.
Prosecutors say Jeremiah Manuyag Flores, 45, shoved the 57-year-old victim into the walls of a holding cell last year, causing the man to suffer a head wound and a spinal injury that required surgery and led to months of hospitalization.
After the shove, Flores failed to provide medical aid to the man, whose hands and legs were in chains at the time, according to prosecutors, who said another deputy found the victim lying in a pool of blood more than two hours later…