Earlier this month, Nandi Cain Jr. was beaten and slammed for allegedly jaywalking while on his way home from work. And according to a new lawsuit, the abuse for “walking while Black” didn’t stop there.
When Cain, 24, arrived at the City of Sacramento Jail he was placed in isolation (despite having no history of mental illness and stating he was not suicidal), where he was beaten and humiliated by several officers, according to the lawsuit. Among the officers involved in the attack was Anthony Figueroa, the arresting officer who was not initially identified publicly.
According to the lawsuit, “The men repeatedly kneed Mr. Cain in the ribs and used their knees to pin his body against the floor, while forcefully stripping his clothes off. At no point did any of the men permit Mr. Cain the dignity of removing his own clothes.”
