Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen before he was arrested.
Mandatory Credit:	Courtesy Attorney Leesfield Scolaro via CNN Newsource

Heriberto Alejandro Sanchez-Mayen before he was arrested.
Mandatory Credit: Courtesy Attorney Leesfield Scolaro via CNN Newsource

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After a handcuffed ride in the back of a police van, a man was left paralyzed and needed his legs amputated, lawsuit alleges

A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner.