Raleigh man beaten by law enforcement sues Wake sheriff, deputy

Hinton, 29, said he suffered a broken eye socket, broken nose, multiple cuts on his head, "probably 20 bite marks" and memory loss during the April 3 incident when several officers pushed him up against a patrol car and beat him up while a Wake County Sheriff's Office K-9 bit him on his right arm, side and head.

Hinton alleges in the latest lawsuit that Harrison and the sheriff's office violated Hinton's rights by using K-9s without properly training handlers like Broadwell and "establishing and promoting a culture of using policing methods that routinely exhibit excessive force, including but not limited to the improper use of canines."

Officers were responding to reports of a man with a gun yelling at passing cars near the intersection of North Raleigh Boulevard and Yonkers Road when they confronted him. No gun was found.

Dashboard camera videos from patrol cars at the scene show Broadwell hitting Hinton as his K-9, Loki, takes Hinton to the ground.

During the ensuing scrum with several officers, one officer is seen kicking Hinton, while another can be seen punching him as he refuses to give in to law enforcement.

In the audio for several dashcam videos, including Broadwell's and Blake's, someone repeatedly issues an order to hit Hinton in the head.

The indictments allege Broadwell and Blake beat and kicked Hinton and that Davis hit him with her flashlight.