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Five years after a surveillance camera inside a Houston jail captured a police officer smashing an inmate's face against a door frame, causing him to bleed all over the floor, a federal judge has ruled that a civil rights lawsuit against the cop can proceed to trial.
The incident took place on December 8, 2014, at Houston Central Jail on Riesner Road and involved Reuben Williams Jr, who was picked up by police on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
According to the federal lawsuit filed in 2016, Houston police officer Salvador 'Sal' Corral violated Williams' constitutional rights when he slammed him face first into the metal door jam while leading him into a jail cell.