NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A diabetic New York City man sued the city, alleging police treatment while on a subway presented a danger to his health, court records showed.
Juan Castillo, 25, alleged in his suit that he spent 30 hours in a lock-up without diabetic medication because Officer John Rocha arrested him for resting his his leg on his seat after Castillo injected himself in the thigh with insulin, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
On Sept. 17, Castillo he took a subway train from his Manhattan residence to his job as a career counselor in Queens, the Post reported.
As is customary for him, Castillo pricked himself in the right thigh through his business suit, but Rocha focused on Castillo's foot, which was on the seat -- and charged him with disorderly conduct, the Metropolitan Transit authority said.
"Mr. Castillo momentarily lifted his right knee up and wedged his right heel on his seat, underneath his right buttock, so that he could more easily rub his thigh at the injection site (to prevent clotting)," the suit read.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/03/Diabetic-man-sues-for-subway-maltreatment/UPI-20231280852995/
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