Man says he was mistaken for accused killer of Nassau County deputy & beaten by officers

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A antheral says Nassau County sheriff’s deputies and Jacksonville sheriff’s officers kicked and broke his ribs and released a K-9 connected him, reasoning helium mightiness person been progressive successful the deadly shooting of Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers

Nassau County deputies admit a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K-9 did onslaught Matthew Thompson. JSO told News4Jax it is looking into the incident.

Thompson has yet to record a ailment implicit the incidental but says he’s going to speech to a lawyer.

Thompson says that the nighttime that Moyers was shot, helium was doing gait enactment astatine his uncle’s location erstwhile deputies mistook him for an accused killer.

“The nighttime of the shooting, I was astatine my uncle’s house, helping him cleanable his gait up, and I went extracurricular to cheque a fire, and adjacent happening I knew, I had a canine connected my limb and had astir 10 cops beating maine up and took maine to the infirmary and handcuffed maine to the bed,” Thompson told News4Jax connected Monday. “They released maine yesterday.”

Thompson says helium told some Nassau County deputies and Jacksonville constabulary that helium was not Patrick McDowell, the antheral accused of shooting and sidesplitting Moyers during a Friday greeting postulation stop, aggregate times, and that 1 of the officers pulled his wallet retired of his pouch to find his driver’s license. Thompson says 1 of the officers told the others that they so had the incorrect person, but helium claims the carnal battle continued.

“They broke 3 of my rib, stitches successful my articulator and backmost of my ear, I person bruises connected my side, each down my leg,” Thompson said. “They mistreated me.”

Thompson says deputies took him to a hospital, wherever helium stayed for 2 days portion being handcuffed to his infirmary bed. It wasn’t until much than 48 hours aft his archetypal apprehension that helium says deputies decided to fto him go.

“They accused maine of being successful the van and worldly and past they yet recovered the information and turned maine escaped astatine the hospital,” Thompson said. “They took the handcuffs disconnected maine and told maine to leave.”

Thompson says astatine nary clip did Nassau County deputies oregon Jacksonville constabulary work him his rights oregon apologize to him for what happened. Not lone is helium present hoping officers wide his name, he’s besides hoping he’s compensated for the carnal and affectional trauma of what appears to beryllium a lawsuit of mistaken identity.