Don't go into diabetic shock in Nevada

You may get beaten up by cops mistaking his condition for drunkness. [Link]

A Nevada city will pay a diabetic man $158,500 after police beat him while he was in diabetic shock, thinking he was a drunken driver.

The Henderson, Nev., city council approved the settlement on Tuesday for the physical and emotional distress endured in late 2010 by the man, who asked not to be identified.

“It’s alarming and it’s egregious,”  the man’s attorney, Todd Moody, told ABC 13 Action News. “It will make you a little sick to your stomach watching it.”

The incident was caught by the dash cam of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper present during the incident, which began as a chase in the early morning hours of Oct. 29, 2010. Police suspected the man was driving drunk.

It was not clear why the man led police on a chase.

The video showed that once the car was pulled over, police officers swarmed the driver and began kicking him.

“Stop resisting motherf****r. Stop resisting motherf****r,” an officer yelled as the man lay on the ground.

However, the man was not drunk – he was suffering a diabetic episode. Insulin shock can mimic the symptoms of intoxication.

Even if he was drunk, that is egregious behavior.