Cop Breaks Womans Face by Throwing Her Into a Concrete Bench

From ABC News:

A Chicago woman is suing a police officer and the town of Skokie, Ill., claiming she was seriously injured when a cop used excessive force when he threw her face first into a jail cell’s concrete bench following a drunk driving arrest.

Cassandra Feuerstein, 47, claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, that she required reconstructive surgery to “replace the bones that had been shattered” after being pushed into the cell on March 10.

Video, released Wednesday by Feuerstein’s attorney, clearly shows the incident. The four and half minute video initially shows Feuerstein being searched by a female officer. She then briefly leaves the cell, before being shoved back in by a guard identified as Officer Michael Hart.
The video shows Feuerstein’s face slamming against a concrete slab running the length of the cell, before she immediately crumples into a ball.

Feuerstein claims the officer then filed a false report claiming she resisted police to explain being thrown into the cell.

“The video speaks for itself,” Feuerstein’s lawyer Torreya Hamilton told reporters Wednesday. “She does nothing to justify what this male police officer does.”

Feuerstein does not deny the drunk driving charges and pleaded guilty.

A more complete version of the jail video: