[kellyhound]

Video shows Capt. Sealey of the Montgomery Sheriff's office pepper spraying Amber Swink in the face.

Ms. Swink was restrained in a restraint chair and was unable to protect herself. She fell unconscious after inhaling a huge amount of pepper spray.

In an effort to cover up the misconduct, the Montgomery County Sheriff's office destroyed video evidence and documents.

Our firm was able to obtain a backup copy of the video surveillance and has filed a complaint in Federal Court against the Montgomery County Sherriff's office on behalf of Ms. Swink.

Amber Swink was in a seven-point harness and unable to move in an isolation cell at Ohio's Montgomery County Jail when she claims she was sprayed with the noxious substance.

The 25-year-old woman, from Brookville, Ohio, says she could hear deputies laughing before she was sprayed in the face.

Swink claimed she was pepper-sprayed once earlier after she was arrested during a night of heavy drinking at her home last November.

She said she doesn't understand why she was pepper-sprayed at point-blank range by Sgt Judith L. Sealey while she was restrained inside the cell.

The Brannon Law Firm and attorney Douglas Brannon have filed a complaint in Federal Court against the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and Capt. Judith L. Sealey for violently assaulting Amber Swink with pepper spray when she was confined in a restraint chair while in the jail on November 15, 2015.

The entire assault of Amber Swink was captured on videotape and should have been documented in a detailed use of force report, which is required anytime pepper spray is utilized against an inmate in the jail.

In an effort to cover up the incident and prevent it from becoming public, members of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office deliberately destroyed the videotape and use of force report.

The destruction of the video and use of force reports were confirmed on July 5, 2016 by Capt. Charles Crosby who stated:

“The use of force report cannot be located and as it is a paper document cannot be reproduced. The video that was attached to the original cannot be located and cannot be found where it is normally saved for future use pursuant to the records retention schedule. The video was not located and cannot be reproduced.”

Despite the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office’s best efforts to conceal the tortious conduct of Capt. Sealey, the Brannon Law Firm was able to obtain a copy of the video showing the assault.

The attached video clearly shows Amber Swink completely restrained in a restraint chair and unable to move in an isolation cell.

At that point Capt. Sealey walks into the isolation cell with a can of pepper spray and proceeds to discharge the entire can of pepper spray directly into the face of Amber Swink at point blank range.

Unable to protect herself or seek cover, Amber Swink is forced to inhale huge amounts of pepper spray, is unable to breathe and eventually falls unconscious.

The wrongful conduct of Capt. Sealey can only be described as torture. Even more alarming is the fact that Capt. Sealey was promoted within the department by Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer after this incident took place.

Now that the Brannon Law Firm has the video, Capt. Sealey and the Montgomery County Sheriff will have to answer to a jury for their unlawful conduct.

[Susan]

I thought The Beatles were going to be in this video....

[spudigitti]

I'd like to hear the audio I bet she was laying down some good old racist remarks at the top of her lungs !!!

[Rocknut]

The big dude didn't even get sprayed and he can't handle it in that room, how the hell is she supposed to? She can't even move to cover her mouth or rub her eyes. Now that must have sucked ass!

[dirty ike]

Unbelievable--that whole department should be charged and locked up. That damn cop couldn't stand to be in the same room with the odor, imagine what she was going through. This kind of shit is the reason cops get shot randomly and people no longer trust in them .

[texastea]

The police officer should fired and prosecuted.

[Tyrantus]

....wait... she was promoted after this incident?

[Arevalosocom]

Look at all the "Good cops" run in there and stop this.

[Mufasa7]

If there were no backup video I wonder what would have happened. Surely a missing video would look suspicious?

[Watcher===]

If this is how it looks, I can still understand it.

It can happen to anybody, like when some dickhead neighbour gets punched, even for something which may only be a minor irritant. Likely as not, cops are just so sick of the constant shit they get each day, from the endless parade of the scum of the earth, that frustration dictates behaviour.

This, in turn, fuels all the protest groups who thrive on feeling hurt or wanting the police abolished, or legalising most crime just so they can commit their own.