DALLAS (AP) – The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the county jail lobby have filed a federal lawsuit alleging excessive force and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office.
A Dallas County grand jury declined to indict deputies involved in the August 2015 jail lobby death of Joseph Hutcheson. The lawsuit alleges four deputies used excessive force in subduing the 48-year-old Arlington, Texas, man, who had voluntarily entered the lobby for help.
The lawsuit also alleges the sheriff’s office failed to train deputies correctly in use of force, citing a 6-inch bruise on the back of Hutcheson’s neck. Hutcheson’s death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner’s office.
A message with the sheriff’s office was not returned late Monday.
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