Jolynn McCabe said she suffered bruising on her face when she was in Santa Rita Jail on Sept. 13. FREMONT, Calif. - Jolynn McCabe has battled alcoholism for 16 years.
And when the Fremont grandmother recently relapsed, she realized she needed help. So, she asked her husband to call 911, hoping paramedics would get her detoxed and take her to a rehabilitation facility.But what started as a crisis call on Sept.
13, quickly escalated into a violent confrontation with law enforcement. Officers put McCabe, who is 56 years old and weighs 115 pounds, in a full-body restraint before taking her to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
At the jail, a run-in with deputies left her almost unrecognizable with purple bruises on her face.Police said McCabe was under.