Moore said the man sustained the injuries when officers of the Water Valley Police Department and Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department brutally beat him. The incident occurred after accusing Logan of trying to run from them during a checkpoint. Moore said authorities asked his client to get out of the car and when he walked away from them, “they jumped on him and threw him to the pavement.”

I have been retained by David T. Logan who was unarmed and beaten while in handcuffs by officers of the Water Valley Police Department and Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department on July 18, 2019. Please pray for justice for David. #JusticeForDavidLogan pic.twitter.com/6xTnFGXEIf — Judge Carlos Moore (@Esquiremoore) July 29, 2019

Moore said he not sure how Logan ended up with his clothes off but officers used a Taser on him, stood him up and handcuffed him in a “bizarre” arrest. Moore added that authorities punched Logan in the face and even used a flashlight to beat him at times.

“They beat him unmercifully while he was in handcuffs” Moore said.

However, Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance Humphreys expressed a different series of events in an interview with NBC affiliate WTVA. Humphreys said officers initially attempted to arrest Logan because he had no driver’s license and he dropped a bag that appeared to have illegal drugs. Then he resisted, kicked and hit officers the sheriff said.

A Narcotics agent was eventually able to help officers get Logan under control, Humphreys said.

The incident ended in Logan going to a Mississippi hospital where he was then sent by ambulance to a level-one trauma center in Memphis.

Moore said Logan was released from the hospital on July 19. Logansuffered a broken orbital and will now need to have plastic surgery the attorney said. Logan is seeking counseling because he can’t sleep, and he’s still seeing double vision, Moore added.

“He is still traumatized,” Moore said. “He is afraid for his life.”

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