It seems that back in 2002, when he was still a police officer, Gladney hit a prisoner in the booking area hard enough to knock him out of his chair. Three years later, that former prisoner sued Gladney in federal district court, alleging that as a result he was still suffering "from chronic headaches, neck pain, limited neck mobility, difficulty sleeping and concentrating, and sensitivity to loud noises and bright lights." The case went to a jury trial in 2006, and the claims were rejected as not credible.
You'd think Gladney might have learned the obvious lesson from this about playing the victim card -- but it seems that instead he learned the wrong one.
http://mo.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.%5CFDCT%5CEMO%5C2006%5C20060714_0001161.EMO.htm/qxJuly 14, 2006
TERRY LYNN KIMBALL, PLAINTIFF,
v.
ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, P.O. KENNETH GLADNEY, P.O. CLAUDE CROCKER AND METRO DUTY SERGEANT, DEFENDANTS.
Remaining for trial in this action is plaintiff Terry Lynn Kimball's claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Police Officer Kenneth Gladney, alleging that on February 28, 2002, in a booking area within the police department's Central Patrol Division, Officer Gladney struck plaintiff, knocking him out of his chair. . . .
Plaintiff has filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence of his prior misdemeanor convictions , deriving from two incidents in which plaintiff was convicted of misdemeanor assault or battery on police officers, one occurring before and one occurring after the incident at issue in this case. . . .
Plaintiff alleges, as set forth in his trial brief, that as a result of defendant Gladney's use of force, plaintiff continues four years later to suffer from chronic headaches, neck pain, limited neck mobility, difficulty sleeping and concentrating, and sensitivity to loud noises and bright lights. Plaintiff testified similarly in his deposition. Defendant argues that the evidence of plaintiff's employment shows that he worked full-time jobs involving stressful manual labor, that he regularly worked overtime, that his alleged symptoms did not cause plaintiff to miss work or interfere with his job duties, and that defendant quit his job at P.D. George because he was not getting as much overtime as he wanted.
http://mo.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.%5CFDCT%5CEMO%5C2007%5C20070111_0000056.EMO.htm/qxAttorney Michael Wetmore was appointed on July 5, 2005 to represent plaintiff Terry Lynn Kimball in this action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 alleging an unconstitutional use of force by defendant Gladney, a St. Louis police officer. After the remaining claim was tried to a jury and judgment entered against plaintiff in November 2006, appointed counsel has timely submitted a request for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the representation.
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