A released Riker’s Island inmate, who claims a correction officer brutally beat him for taking three crackers from the mess hall, wants $5 million from the city. Michael Carey was serving a short 90 day sentence for petty larceny when he grabbed the snacks from the dining area of the jail where rapper Lil Wayne looks forward to be incarcerated. According to the Daily News, he claims an officer, last name of Mack, “punched him in the face, neck and ear until he fell to the ground bleeding.” Afterward, he required 11 stitches for his wounds.
In addition to the city, Carey is suing the aggressive officer—whose first name isn’t recorded in the suit—for $1 million. Carey says he was a blameless, just a cracker casualty. "He alleges that he did nothing wrong," said his lawyer. Just recently another Rikers guard was arrested and fired for possession of strong-smelling heroin.
