“His [jaws] are now ‘elasticked’ together,” Fontaine said. “He’s only eating liquids.” The doctor added that Trombly’s mouth would not heal for at least another six weeks.

Davis, who was also arrested in the incident and was present at the station, echoes his friend’s claims. From his vantage point inside the station—a nearby handrail where he was cuffed—Davis said he saw inside the room where 160-pound Trombly was allegedly attacked by the significantly larger Byrne while at least two other officers were present.

“[The police] left the door wide open,” Davis said. “I thought [Trombly] was going to get booked. I heard the sergeant say, ‘Don’t think I won’t kick your ass. You thought you were a tough guy out on the street. Let’s see how tough you are in here.’”

Davis said Byrne then threw a punch and connected with Trombly’s face. “So I yelled, ‘What the hell are you doing in there! Leave him alone!’ And the door shut,” Davis said.

Davis said that two other people were cuffed to the rail next to him at the time. The Crimson does not know the identities of either of those people.

Davis remembers that two more officers then ran up the ramp to which he was handcuffed, and entered the room with Trombly and the other officers. Davis said he could see inside when the door opened again, and “the sergeant had one hand around [Trombly’s] throat area.”

Good, speaking for Trombly, confirms what Davis saw.

“[The sergeant] grabbed [Trombly] about the throat and continued pummeling him,” Good said.

“Then the sergeant yelled, ‘Get your hands off of me!’” Davis said. “But I could hear Garett murmur, ‘I’m not touching you. I’m not touching you.”

Good, speaking for Trombly, says his client did not resist.

Davis said Byrne left the room and approached him.

“He got back in my face and said, ‘What are you yelling about? Didn’t you see what happened? Your friend assaulted me!’” Davis said.

Davis recalls the sergeant returning to the room, and moments later Trombly stumbling out. “They brought him out, stunned,” Davis said. “He was bleeding in the corner of his mouth, with blotchy red marks all over his face. He wasn’t crying, but his eyes were all watery.”

Trombly’s booking record has “none” written in the space marked “visible injury.”

BPD Rules and Procedures state thatprisoners in custody are to be examined for injury and given medical assistance as needed.