Plaintiff:
Norvell T. Moore
Incident date:
07/14/2010
Location:
700 W. Erie St.
Allegations:
Moore was fleeing on foot from several police officers after a high-speed car chase. Eventually Moore stopped running and surrendered, surrounded by Officers Erbacci and Tucker and two police cars. Erbacci drew his gun and ordered Moore to lie on the ground. Moore obeyed, lying face down on the ground, and Erbacci placed his knee on Moore's back and handcuffed him. Tucker approached Moore and began kicking him in the head. Erbacci then rolled Moore onto his right side, straddled his legs and squeezed his testicles, yelling, “Where is the gun?” Moore did not have a gun and said this to Erbacci, who began punching Moore in the head as four other officers kicked Moore's back, head and torso. Moore curled into the fetal position while the officers continued to assault him for two or three more minutes. Because of the incident, Moore suffered from severe spinal nerve damage, muscle atrophy in his right leg and two bulging disks in his neck and lower back.