Mentally ill man stripped by deputies feared underwear was rape prelude
(NEWSER) - Forcing inmates to wear pink underwear was one of the moves that led Joe Arpaio to call himself "America's Toughest Sheriff"—but those undergarments may be his downfall. A federal court has ordered a new trial in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died running away from one of Arpaio's deputies, the Los Angeles Times . Eric Vogel, a 36-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, shouted he was being raped as a group of officers stripped him and forced him into pink underwear after he was busted on suspicion of burglary. After a minor car accident weeks later, he died of a heart attack after running miles from the scene when threatened with jail. More»
