Lawsuit: Authorities tried to 'intimidate' man accused of killing deputy

The antheral accused of sidesplitting Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Henderson with a car, successful what prosecutors accidental was an intentional and targeted act, is suing Cincinnati constabulary and the Hamilton County jailhouse implicit his attraction by constabulary aft his arrest.

The lawsuit, filed May 8 successful national tribunal successful Cincinnati, claims that authorities violated Hinton’s owed process rights, utilized excessive force, conspired to interfere with his civilian rights and falsely imprisoned him.

Hinton, 38, is facing the decease punishment if convicted of charges related to Henderson’s killing. A expansive assemblage indicted Hinton connected aggregate counts, including aggravated murder.

According to the lawsuit, Hinton was “subjected to excessive unit resulting successful disposable injuries” pursuing his May 2 apprehension by Cincinnati police.

The suit besides states that authorities “clearly intended to intimidate” Hinton erstwhile deputies lined up successful a enactment down him during his May 3 arraignment successful Hamilton County Municipal Court.

“No tenable instrumentality enforcement bureau would taxable a pretrial suspect to this level of carnal restraint, humiliation, and intelligence warfare absent a coordinated program to discriminate, punish, and intimidate,” the suit states.

Spokespeople for the Cincinnati Police Department and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, which runs the justness center, did not instantly respond to messages seeking remark connected the lawsuit.

"They did this wrong," said Antoinette Holloway, who filed the ailment connected Hinton's behalf. Holloway added that Hinton's attraction successful tribunal has been based connected "personal feeling."

"There's nary request to spell immoderate further than this," Holloway said. "Let him out."

Judge Tyrone Yates ordered Hinton to beryllium held without enslaved astatine the Clermont County Jail for his and the public's pending trial.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said that Hinton "targeted and killed" Henderson connected May 2 adjacent the University of Cincinnati's field solely due to the fact that Henderson was a instrumentality enforcement officer.

Hinton was "upset" and "agitated" that day, according to a detective's testimony, due to the fact that Cincinnati constabulary had shown him and different household members bodycam video of his lad being fatally changeable by a Cincinnati constabulary serviceman the erstwhile day.

Henderson was wearing a reflective vest implicit his uniform, moving postulation power for a UC graduation ceremony, erstwhile prosecutors accidental Hinton drove straight astatine him.

At a May 6 tribunal hearing, Hinton’s attorney, Clyde Bennett II, indicated that helium whitethorn prosecute an insanity defense. Bennett said Hinton was not “in his close mind” and that what happened was “classic intelligence illness, transgression conduct.”

As portion of his lawsuit, Hinton is seeking damages and attorney’s fees, arsenic good arsenic a declaration from the tribunal that authorities violated his law rights and an bid releasing him from custody.

Enquirer unit writer Kevin Grasha contributed to this report.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected Cincinnati Enquirer: Rodney Hinton Jr. sues constabulary implicit alleged attraction aft arrest