Colorado to pay inmate 200, 000 for excessive force by corrections officers

Colorado will pay 200, 000 to a state prison inmate whose head was split open when two corrections officers slammed him onto the floor, according to a statement from the inmates lawyers sent on Thursday. The inmate, Shawn Lovett, was being escorted from his cell in Centennial Correctional Facility near Cañon City when thencorrections officer Anthony Martinez lifted Lovett by his wrist restraints and forced him to the ground, a video of the 2014 incident showed. Lovett was knocked unconscious and was ble