Billy Lee Coram, the inmate in the back of the patrol car, is wearing a hospital gown and choking himself with a seatbelt wrapped his neck as the car is moving in the roughly 12-minute video. After the car pulls over, Harris opens the door and punches and elbows Coram several times in the face as he unwinds the belt.
Harris later slams the car door against Coram’s head. Elliott said he didn’t know what injuries Coram sustained from the beating.
Coram had been taken to the hospital after he told jail staff he had ingested fentanyl and had escaped the hospital. Harris had caught Coram and put him in his patrol car.
What the fuck was he doing to his chest right before he slammed the door on his head for a second time?
Sternum rub. It’s a way to check if people are faking being unconscious since it’s pretty painful.
Was there something in his hand?
Physician here, sternal rubs can be done with knuckles. Looks like he was using a baton and kept doing it even after the guy starting waking up. Needless to say, he was unecessarily rough. Total POS.