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> Mistic resisted arrest, causing one of the officers to break his leg. Weird the article mentions this once and doesn't elaborate. I mean, how exactly did the officer break his leg?

I agree. This is a crucial part of the story which should be discussed…

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Mr. Mistic’s complaint doesn’t shed much light:

> At some time in the process of rushing up to Mr. Mistic, grabbing him, and throwing him to the ground, Defendant Hanning realized that he had caused himself to break his own leg/ankle.

> 51. At no time did Mr. Mistic threaten, physically harm, or fight with the officers.

There are plenty of ways to break a leg! And police officers aren't a particularly healthy group, tending to be overweight and out of shape. Combine that with a job that involves infrequent but strenuous exertion and you get lots of injuries.

I'm certain the broken leg will be discussed but it is likely that the break has nothing to do with any particular action by the deaf person.

e.g., my neighbor "broke his leg" a few months ago in the first few minutes of playing soccer with his grandchildren. No contact was required: he slipped while setting up for a kick and broke his fibula.

Doesn't the sentence say that the victims leg was broken? And their excuse for doing that was "he was resisting arrest"

I didn't realize it, but you're right that "causing an office to break his leg" could be referring to Mistic's leg. The wording is ambiguous, since we don't know if "his" refers to the officer or Mistic.

Other articles on this story are saying it's the officer who broke his leg.

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