29-year-old Victor Moses, a former Denver police recruit, sues the city, paramedics, and officers after losing both legs due to a hazing ritual during fight training at Denver's police academy.
29-year-old Victor Moses, a former Denver police recruit, sues the city, paramedics, and officers after losing both legs due to a hazing ritual during fight training at Denver's police academy. Moses alleges that he was pressured to continue the training despite his warnings of low blood pressure and leg cramps, a danger for people with his sickle cell trait. Paramedics cleared him to continue, a decision that the lawsuit claims was made to support the police. The training method, meant to prepare recruits for patrol scenarios, is now accused of encouraging excessive force and disregarding medical risks. Moses, now confined to his apartment and learning to walk with prosthetics, questions what could have happened if the police had stopped the training.