A U.S. veteran who was beaten up by federal police while he was on his way to a dental appointment is asking the U. …
A U.S. veteran who was beaten up by federal police while he was on his way to a dental appointment is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his fight, after a lower court ruled by U.S. government workers who assaulted him won’t be held to account. According to officials with the Institute for Justice, the appeal is being presented in the case involve Jose Oliva. The 70-year-old veteran “was assaulted by federal police in a VA hospital” while he was en route to an appointment in the building, the IJ reported. “More than five years ago, Vietnam veteran José Oliva was headed into a dental appointment at a Veterans Affairs hospital in El Paso when three VA police officers wrenched his arm behind his back, choked him, and slammed him to the ground, causing damage that required surgery. What sparked the assault? José had told one of the officers his ID was in the X-ray bin instead of placing his license directly in the officer’s hands,” the IJ documented. See the attack: The IJ reported the video shows Oliva did nothing to provoke the officers, and “with 25 years of federal law enforcement experience under his belt, José knew better than to resist.
