Knoxville, Tennessee: Lawsuit says deputy held boy cuffed for hours, juvenile jail kept him for days

Lawsuit says deputy held boy handcuffed for hours, and juvenile jail kept him for days

A Farragut family whose middle school-aged son was kept handcuffed for hours in the back of a deputy's car and held for days in the juvenile center because of the delay taking him there has filed a federal lawsuit against Knox County. The civil lawsuit filed by Knoxville attorney Adam Strachn seeks to hold Knox County responsible for violations of the boy's constitutional rights of due process and against unreasonable seizure. Strachn declined to comment to Knox News about the lawsuit. The Knox County Law Director's Office and a spokesperson from the Knox County Sheriff's Office did not respond to ...

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