Mentally Ill Man Sustains Third-Degree Burns After Struggle with Police

A California man with schizophrenia sustained severe second- and third-degree burns after police pinned him down, shirtless, on blistering hot pavement on the afternoon of Friday, June 23.
Citrus Heights Police responded to multiple calls about a man, James Bradford Nelson III, 28, behaving erratically at a local KFC, reportedly threatening customers and employers, as well as trying to break into vehicles in the parking lot after exiting the business.
Security footage, issued as part of a Citrus Heights Police press release, shows the man acting aggressively inside the restaurant, at one point jumping the counter and going after employees:

This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on July 21, 2017.