Man gets $100,000 after Five-O rips out his Grill

Oh the pain. Two days before Thanksgiving last year, a Tennessee jailer ripped out an inmate’s grill after the inmate explained that the grill was permanently glued to his front teeth. Five-Oh then left the man in excruciating pain and did not seek medical attention for the man for over a week.

Anthony McCoy spat out blood and teeth in a trash can and was in agony for more than a week after Davidson County Sheriff’s Lt. Tanya Mayhew reached into his mouth and yanked out the grill, along with the cement attached to his teeth, said his lawyer, David Raybin. The forced extraction pulled the enamel off McCoy’s front teeth and left him with a damaged mouth that still isn’t fixed, Raybin said. (Newsone)

Okay, he didn’t believe the dude when he said the grill was cemented in permanently. But, they all let the dude bleed in agony for days afterward. C’mon man.

“There was no urgency at all,” Raybin said of the Metro Jail officials and Correct Care Solutions, the company that Nashville contracts with to provide inmate medical care. “This guy was in agony for over a week and a half.” The inmate’s claim is based on pain and suffering, as well as the dental damage.

They settled the case for about $100,000.