[AceBoon]

Published on Oct 11, 2013
A Chicago woman arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence has filed a lawsuit alleging police in Skokie, Ill., violently threw her into a jail cell, shattering several bones in her face.

Cassandra Feuerstein, 47, was arrested March 10 and charged with DUI after police found her sleeping on the side of the road as she sat behind the wheel of her car.

In a video released Wednesday by Feuerstein's attorney, Torreya Hamilton, an officer can be seen acting with what he said is excessive force.

Feuerstein allegedly asked to call her husband and children. Officer Michael Hart called her out of the cell. Less than 10 seconds later, the video shows Hart launching the woman back into the cell where she hits the bench face-first.

The 110-pound woman can be seen collapsed on the floor, her face bruised, bloodied, and allegedly broken in several places. Hart walks over to her briefly before turning around.

"He was not apologetic at all," Hamilton says about Hart in the video.

Two officers then help Feuerstein. A male officer helps her sit up and cradles her as a female officer works to stop the bleeding from her nose.

"The video speaks for itself," Hamilton told the Chicago Tribune. "She does nothing to justify what this male police officer does."

Feuerstein said several bones were shattered in her face, and she required reconstructive surgery and a titanium plate in her cheek. Photos taken show her battered face and blood-red eye.

"I think when you look at this and you see the video which we are so fortunate to have, I think what you see is this is like the cowardly act of a bully," Hamilton told My Fox Chicago.

Hart filed a complaint against Feuerstein for resisting a peace officer. Those charges were later dismissed after Cook County prosecutors reviewed the evidence. Feuerstein pleaded guilty to drunk driving.

Hart is still employed and has not been charged with a crime.

[Megamel29]

That's messed up. He's not even suspended?

[AceBoon]

Originally Posted by Megamel29 ↗

That's messed up. He's not even suspended?

Evidently not. He deserves to be in jail!!!

[JohnFrash]

"split open" and "shattered" are not ways I would describe her injuries. Exaggeration on her side is only going to let the slimebag cop weasel out of his much deserved punishment. No need to overstate things, that fuckin video speaks for itself.

[AceBoon]

Originally Posted by JohnFrash ↗

"split open" and "shattered" are not ways I would describe her injuries. Exaggeration on her side is only going to let the slimebag cop weasel out of his much deserved punishment. No need to overstate things, that fuckin video speaks for itself.

Did you watch the video to the end? Blood was pouring from her face and covered the floor. "Split open" was an understatement to me.

[JohnFrash]

I did. I didn't see what you described. Her hand was bloody. It showed the aftermath. There were just a few stitches. When someones face is "shattered" and "pouring blood" and "split open" I expect something a tad more dramatic. It is just inaccurate, lazy reporting done to provoke a response. It would have been more responsible, unbiased reporting to say that her "cheekbone was broken and she received six stitches" instead of "her effin face was pulverized to shreds, yo!". I feel like it makes the legitimate show of excessive force that she endured seem somehow less legitimate, at least in my eyes.

[Faline]

[kellyhound]

why did he threrw her back in the cell like that. what happened in those ten seconds ?

[Desensitisation]

She probably got mouthy, and got launched back in. She doesn't exactly look like an upstanding member of society. More like a coke-head on a good day.

[AceBoon]

Originally Posted by Desensitisation ↗

She probably got mouthy, and got launched back in. She doesn't exactly look like an upstanding member of society. More like a coke-head on a good day.

You know nothing about her to warrant your judgmental comment. I don't care what she said, he was in the wrong for pushing her into the cell like that. He'd quickly arrest someone else for assault had they done the same thing.