Johnathan Reed Binkley

Less-than-lethal force

Johnathan R. Binkley, driving with a female passenger, led deputies on a chase through Halls that ended in a vacant lot when his other became stuck on a stump. Deputies pulled Binkley through the window of his other and brought him to the ground. They put the bleeding man face-down in gravel and dirt and handcuffed him behind his back. Deputies kneed him, dragged him on the ground and tried to get him to stand up. Binkley groaned in pain, according to a lawsuit. Deputies then hogtied him with restraints. A deputy allegedly "dropped his knee down" on Binkley, making it harder for him to breathe. Binkley was killed by the deputies during the arrest.