The “shoot first ask questions later” approach of some police officers from Henderson City in Nevada resulted in the cruel beating of Adam Greene who was suffering from a diabetic shock at the time.

The incident took place more than a year ago but the video footage from a Highway Patrol vehicle was released on Tuesday after Green reached a settlement in his federal lawsuit against the Henderson police department.

According to the police report, a patrol car spotted a Honda Accord weaving among lanes at about 4 a.m. on October 29, 2010, before it came to a stop near Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway in Henderson. More Nevada State Troopers and Henderson police cars soon arrived to the scene.

An officer approaches Greene in the Accord and while pointing a gun at him tells him not to move and then to come forward. The dazed driver is unresponsive. Soon five officers join in and pull Greene out of the car throwing him down on the road.

They handcuff him while he continues to wiggle at which point a sixth officer with the Henderson police enters the frame and kicks Greene several times in the face. In the video, you can hear an officer yelling “stop resisting mother f…*”.

After a quick search, another officer discovers insulin in Green’s pocket, which of course, changes the story. “Call in medical. We found some insulin in his pocket. … He’s semiconscious,” the officer is heard saying. “Let’s get medical out here. He’s a diabetic, he’s probably in shock,” the officer later tells dispatch.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, after the police forced him to blow into a Breathalyzer, Greene was treated at the hospital with broken ribs and bruises to his hands, neck, face and scalp.

The Nevada man later filed a lawsuit against the Henderson police and the state of Nevada. According to the settlement, the Henderson City Council paid Greene $158,500 and his wife another $99,000, while the state agreed to pay $35,000, bringing the total $292,500.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal says that none of the officers were named in the lawsuit, and that only one sergeant involved in the incident was disciplined but remains in the department.

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