RONALD W. BAILEY v. CITY OF LOWELL, FRANCIS NOBREGA, NARIN MA, OSCAR GOMEZ, STEPHEN COYLE, ARAVANH LAKMANY, and MATTHEW MCCABE

In Lowell on 5/8/06, Mr. Bailey, a professor, received a call from his son, who was having difficulty with building security. Mr. Bailey rushed downstairs, not pausing to put on shoes. Officers were striking his son with batons. Mr. Bailey urged his son to calm down. Officers then roughed up Mr. Bailey, arrested him, and charged him with disorderly conduct, assault and battery on an officer, and resisting arrest. Mr. Bailey suffered nerve damage from the handcuffs. He was held overnight without medical care for his cut foot, even though he was diabetic and had high blood pressure. As a term of settlement, the City of Lowell agreed to train its police officers on diabetes using ADA-produced materials.