Victoria's Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption
Commission (IBAC) is investigating an incident during which police
officers broke a man's neck when they came to his house to tell
him to turn his stereo down.
The story of 47-year old Chris Karadaglis is frightening and
tragic, yet true.
In November 2017, police knocked on
the man's front door in response to a noise complaint from
neighbours. Minutes later, Chris was quadriplegic, paralysed
from the neck down.
A noise complaint ends in a broken neck
What happened in between police arriving at Chris' home to
deal with what should have been a minor issue is a blur for Chris.
He recalls only the feeling of being wrapped in a headlock, dragged
along his lawn. He remembers hearing a loud click and then feeling
limp, struggling to breathe. This was the moment his neck was
broken.
