Video Shows Moment Dallas Fire-Rescue Employee Kicks Man in the Face
As he tells it, Kyle Vess was walking down Lone Star Drive in West Dallas on Aug. 8, 2019. In the past, he had suffered a traumatic brain injury and still endures a mental disability, but Vess was minding his own business, his lawyer says.
Then, his day took a sudden turn for the worse. A Dallas Fire-Rescue employee named Brad Cox confronted Vess, accusing him of lighting a grass fire on the side of the road. Cox and other DFR employees detained Vess, waiting for the police to arrive.
Things quickly got out of hand.
Vess is now suing Cox for detaining him and allegedly using excessive force. The city is also named in the lawsuit, alleging it didn’t provide adequate training on how to detain and treat mentally ill or homeless people. The suit also says the city should have already canned Cox for previous allegations of misconduct.
Video obtained by the Observer shows Cox, a trained martial artist, kicking Vess in the face while he sits on the ground surrounded by police and other DFR employees.
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