NY man settles suit over forced sedation by police
July 19, 2009 7:56 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who sued after he was forcibly sedated at an Albany hospital so authorities could search his body for drugs will get $125,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Tunde Clement was arrested at an Albany bus terminal in 2006 by police who suspected him of carrying drugs. When they couldn't find anything, he was brought to Albany Medical Center Hospital and sedated while doctors put a camera in his rectum. No drugs were ever found. A charge of resisting arrest was tossed by a judge. The final indignity came when the hospital sent Clement a bill for $6,792. The hospital and Albany County officials had said they were worried Clement had ingested drugs and was in grave danger.
