GRUNDY COUNTY TENNESSEE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEEDS A TUNE-UP
56-year-old Edwin Congdon repeatedly asked the deputies why they stopped him and said he was walking home a few yards away.
Congdon, who has Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, was taken to jail, where he sat for three days before he was released to his sister, Tonya McCarver, who is his caregiver.
"He pulled up his shirt, and he had bruising all across the top of his chest, down both sides of his rib lines. His whole left ear was swollen. It was black and blue. He had a cut behind his left ear that still had dried blood on it. He had bruising on his face. He had bruising on the side of his head. He had bruising on his arms where the officers grabbed him. He had bruising on his legs where they were tackled to the ground. I immediately took pictures of everything, and I said, ' We're going to the hospital now.
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A family in Grundy County, Tennessee, is seeking accountability after Edwin Congdon, a man with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was brutally arrested by deputies. Despite law enforcement's prior knowledge of his mental health condition, Congdon suffered severe injuries, including 12 broken ribs, leading to a federal complaint alleging excessive force and systemic issues within the Sheriff's Office.
Welcome back to Cop News 10-8.
And today's cop news is coming to us
from Grundy County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee.
And this is Edwin Congdon, 56 years old.
And Edwin here, he suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
And this is Tanya McCarver, his sister.
She's his caregiver.
Now, she sounds like a great sister to have now, don't you?
All right, Dan, let's see what these nasty cops did to Edwin.
A Grundy County family is demanding answers after
a man's encounter with deputies.
His sister, who is his caretaker, says law enforcement was well aware
of her brother's mental condition, making his forceful arrest shocking.
Oh, so they're well aware
of Edwin's medical condition. They just don't care.
The body camera footage that you're about
to see may be disturbing for some viewers.
If you talk to him.
It's, you feel like you're talking to a 14, 16-year-old.
Tanya McCarver says her brother, Edwin Congdon, has schizophrenia,
and that Grundy County deputies already knew about
his condition before this February encounter.
Try to be gentle with you at first, now you may want to fight somebody.
She says deputies had responded
to her brother's home during a previous psychotic episode,
reassuring him and contacting her to help.
But a newly filed federal complaint alleges Deputy
David Young tackled Congdon and punched him twice.
Peace.
Tanya says she saw her brother's injuries after picking him up
from jail and rushed him to the hospital.
The bad news is you have 12 broken ribs.
Wait, what? Did I hear that right?
You gotta back up.
Because you have 12 broken ribs.
Because you have 12 broken ribs.
Because you have 12 broken ribs.
Holy shitballs, what did they do to this boy?
And we find there were no policies broken.
And we're like, well, then what's the good news?
And he said, good news is,
seeing how you laid on a concrete floor for three days,
I'm amazed that you don't have pneumonia.
Man, this place sounds like Chesterfield almost.
Remember Chesterfield?
They just like to starve you to death.
This place sounds like they beat you to death
and fail to get you any medical help.
Hiring this individual.
That complaint has not yet been served to those defendants,
but Tanya says she wants accountability from the people
who swore to protect her brother.
He took an oath to serve and protect the citizens of Grundy County, and
in this video he's telling my brother that you make me want to fight.
Now, Deputy Young is also named
in a separate excessive force lawsuit against Grundy County.
The attorneys representing the Ledbetter family gave us
a statement in light of Condon's complaint today,
saying, quote, we are deeply concerned about the hiring, training,
and retention practices of the Grundy County Sheriff's Office.
Given the number of serious to grave incidents involving its officers,
we believe there is a systemic problem that demands accountability.
Ledbetter's arrest happened back in May of 2024.
We're going to go over a few things that his sister said,
quote, he pulled up his shirt
and he had bruising all across the top of his chest,
down both sides of his rib cage
on his shoulders.
His whole left ear was swollen.
It was black and blue.
He had a cut behind his ear, his left ear,
and blood was still dried bare.
He had bruising on his face.
He had bruising on the side of his head.
He had bruising on his arms where the officers grabbed him.
He had bruising on his legs where they tackled him.
We took pictures and video and took him to the hospital.
Here, that was 12 broken ribs, six on each side.
I don't even know how in the hell he was even breathing, man.
I've had one broke rib, and holy God almighty, that hurt.
I couldn't imagine having 12 at the same time.
No, thank you.
And his sister said that this is not the first time
that he's had a run-in with his sheriff's department.
She said that he was having an episode a while back,
and he went to the sheriff's department to get some help.
And again, she says, quote, my brother walked into the foyer
of the police department screaming and begging for help.
Officers came out, tackled him in the foyer, and arrested him.
Unquote.
But the DA said release him
because they're well aware of his condition.
Back then and now.
Sounds like we got some people in Tennessee that need to get over there
and put the pressure on these guys.
All right, I guess that'll do it for this one, boys and girls.
I'll see y'all on the next one.
God bless you.
Thank you.
