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“The traffic stop occurred. These people were acquainted. What happened is subject to controversy right now as you can tell from the factual reports from the varying witnesses. But, Mr. Ruffing ended up in the hospital and severely injured,” attorney Robert Behling said.
(The article did not say if Behling represents the victim or if he works for the city.)
Jesse Spence, who witnessed the event and told our news partners at the Pittsburgh post-Gazette, “What I saw was just out of the ordinary…(The officer) took him and just slammed him. His face was all bloodied up.”
Behling also said, “His injuries were facial fractures which included the orbital bone, the maxillary sinus. He also ended up with inner-cranial bleeding. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, I believe on Jan. 9, where they had to put a drain actually in his skull to drain the blood and take the pressure off his brain,.....” Read more;
