The truck driver involved in a slow-moving police chase through Houston that ended in the use of a battering ram is now suing the deputies for using excessive force on him during a medical emergency.
Truck driver Trinidad Cutshall led police on an hour long, 5 mph police pursuit along I-10 the East Freeway in Houston, Texas back in December 2023. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies eventually called in the SWAT team, and a battering ram was used to remove Cutshall from the truck. Cutshall was then bitten by a K9 officer while police allegedly beat him, sprayed him with tear gas, and used rubber bullets. Now, Cutshall and his attorney claim that he was suffering from a serious medical emergency at the time of the police chase and encounter.
According to ABC 13, Cutshall was perceived to have “some level of impairment” by officers at the time of his arrest, and had revved the engine at them. Cutshall was charged with evading arrest and detention in a motor vehicle. Since then, prosecutors dismissed the evading charge against him less than a month before his trial. Cutshall’s attorney, Garrett Gibbins, says that prosecutors likely dismissed the charges because they were presented with evidence that Cutshall was suffering from sepsis at the time of the incident…