State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron

*400Sherman-Vaughn Incident

{¶ 1} On February 28, 2001, Akron Police Officers Rodney Sherman and Howard Vaughn were on duty when Officer Sherman received a personal telephone call from his cousin. Officer Sherman’s cousin complained about her 15-year-old son’s unruly behavior and requested that the officers scare him into behaving properly.

{¶ 2} The officers responded to the mother’s request and manhandled the boy by repeatedly shoving him onto his bed. After the officers made the boy clean his bedroom, they handcuffed him. At the mother’s suggestion, the officers took the boy for a ride in their…