‘Like Pinocchio with No Strings’: Video Shows Ohio Deputy Slamming Man Headfirst Into Wall and Flinging Him Like Rag Doll While In Custody

An Ohio sheriff’s department has finally opened up an investigation and suspended a deputy accused of assaulting and paralyzing a jail inmate more than a year ago. Surveillance footage obtained by WOIO shows the moment Lorain County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Tellier slammed a handcuffed inmate headfirst into a wall on May 12, 2023. Jeffry Fry was left partially paralyzed after a now-suspended jail deputy, Brian Tellier, slammed him headfirst against a wall in 2023, surveillance footage shows. Fry is suing the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office and 17 other defendants for $40 million. (Photos: WOIO screenshots) That day, the inmate, 59-year-old Jeffrey Fry, was arrested for violating probation. As Tellier walks a handcuffed Fry through the Lorain County Jail facility’s sally port, Tellier is seen grabbing Fry’s arm and slamming him against the wall. Footage shows that Tellier injured Fry unprovoked, leaving Fry limp and unresponsive after the assault. Afterward, Tellier drags Fry’s slack body back into the jail and callously hurls his body onto a gurney, appearing indifferent as to whether he caused any potential injuries. Fry wasn’t taken to the hospital until 30 minutes after the incident. “He’s got a permanent spinal cord injury, he’s got a lesion on...