Jailers Gone Wild: The Khalid Mustafa Beating

When the person running the jail should be in jail, we have a problem. The same goes for the prosecutor. Why the Montgomery County Commission sits on their hands and keeps stroking checks to victims year after year puts their integrity to the test. The leaders of all thirty banana republic jurisdictions who allow their citizens, all innocent until proven guilty, to enter this house of horrors have blood on their hands. It’s not the physical jail that’s the problem; it’s the people who have forgotten their humanity inside it.

How I Learned About Khalid Mustafa

I first heard this story on January 17, 2025, when Khalid, his father Walid, and his cousin Jeanan came to my office. I interviewed on video a bruised and battered Khalid in my studio. The story was almost inconceivable until I did the public records requests. The story was true, and beyond belief. Editing and telling it has been a project, alongside reading the personnel and medical reports, checking with confidential sources, and running a business while also pursuing a Quo Warranto to remove criminal Clerk of Courts Mike “The Felon” Foley from office. Add in dealing with the VA over a veteran’s guardianship, a hip replacement, and the election season; ten wins, three losses.

And here we are. It’s Veterans Day, 2025. This veteran is facing charges by a felon illegally in office, while the real psycho killers, those who killed Christian Black in the Montgomery County Jail, still haven’t been indicted. Word has it that four scapegoats may finally face charges this week. The County already paid out seven million dollars to Christian’s family because there was no excuse for what happened. There is no excuse for this either.

What the Video Shows

Jail security cameras are garbage. The lighting is bad, and few have sound. The shower and bathroom areas conveniently lack coverage. As you watch this video, and the slow-motion replays that show whether Mr. Mustafa ever actually struck or even attempted to strike C.O. Naser, understand this: they hauled him into the shower not to relocate him, but to exert their power. The door was the other direction. They moved him there in seconds. They were gloved up before they went in. When the gloves go on, the blood is expected.

Not one member of that assault squad was written up by command staff. Two weeks later, all of them got glowing 2024 performance reviews. Naser, the one who claimed Mustafa “attempted” to hit him, resigned five weeks later to join the Xenia Police Department. The rest remain on the job to beat and serve.

The Human Cost

As a veteran, I was taught the Geneva Convention and how to recognize a lawful order from a war crime. I grew up in the shadow of the My Lai massacre and Lt. Calley. I was trained by Vietnam veterans still haunted by the horrors of war. War is hell. But the jail staff at the Montgomery County Jail are led by a Lieutenant Calley of their own. What goes on in that building is illegal and morally abhorrent.

After the beating, Khalid was admitted to Grandview Hospital with a shattered orbital socket and dangerous pressure building in his eye. His ribs were broken, his lung punctured. Jail staff quickly contacted Judge Dennis Adkins to “release him from custody” so the county wouldn’t be financially responsible for the medical disaster they had caused. By 11:45 that night, the deputy guarding him was informed Khalid was no longer an inmate. He has been in and out of hospitals since. His teeth, knocked from his mouth, were discarded. He faces major dental reconstruction, PTSD, and multiple trauma diagnoses.

The Sheriff and His Flag

Maybe Ohio needs to realize that being a top cop isn’t the same as being a warden. Maybe it’s time to take the jail away from our sociopathic sheriff, who posts about “mental health awareness” in front of an illegal flag. The sheriff was videoed sitting in front of a black-and-white American flag with a single blue stripe, the so-called “Thin Blue Line” flag. Though often described as simple support for law enforcement, published research shows the symbol has been adopted by white supremacist and militia groups and widely seen as a direct response to Black Lives Matter. In a jail with repeated violations of state standards and a long list of deaths, that flag isn’t neutral. It signals internal allegiance, not public duty.

Once again, NaphCare’s staff minimized the severity of the medical emergency, the same company still under contract after Christian Black’s death. How an inmate can be beaten within inches of his life without triggering a full investigation is beyond illegal. But when the Sheriff sends his own detectives, Denker and Baranyi, to “investigate,” it’s the fox guarding the hen house. If a civilian had done this, they would be in cuffs before the blood dried. But when it happens in the jail, it’s just logged as a “medical transport.”

Too many people excuse this kind of criminal behavior. They say, “If you don’t want to get beaten in jail, don’t go to jail.” I’ve been in that jail myself for a silent protest against illegal secret meetings, but I’m white and a veteran. Khalid believes they came after him because of his religion. He may be right, but it shouldn’t matter. The jail holds people awaiting trial or serving short sentences, people not yet convicted of anything.

Why Khalid Was There

Khalid wasn’t some hardened criminal. He’s a middle aged man (48) who had a week left before his release, in on a violation of a civil stalking protection order. His ex-girlfriend had invited him over after the order was issued and then called police when he came to retrieve his tools she had thrown across the yard. It was a trap, and it worked.

He was what they call a model inmate. Quiet, respectful, compliant. He had done his time without incident. Until that night. After a minor dispute during the medication pass with C.O. Crisp, they decided to “move him.” Khalid, sensing what was about to happen, called his father in California. We’ve requested the call recording, but the county refuses to release it. According to Khalid, he feared for his life, and with good reason.

What Needs to Happen Next

The question we have to ask is how long we will let Sheriff Rob Streck cost this community millions while his command staff keeps a culture of violence alive. We need a state or federal Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation. We need a warden-based management reform that removes the jail from the sheriff’s control. We need an automatic outside investigation of all jail injuries and hospitalizations. Seven million dollars for one family, hospital bills for another, and an endless trail of broken bodies should be enough. And the string of lawsuits that we pay for: The county is self-insured.

When the people in charge of justice act without humanity, the entire system collapses. It’s time for accountability. And it’s time for the local media to admit where these stories broke first, here.

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And it sure isn’t the Dayton Daily News, which continues to ignore basic journalistic ethics by refusing to credit the outlet that broke this story first. According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, reporters should “acknowledge sources and give credit where it’s due.” Real journalism honors transparency and truth, not silence and spin.

The Incident Reports

Here are the incident reports from the jail on the beating.

The Warren County Sheriff’s investigation report

I didn’t have this at the time of the post. Here it is, 19 Nov 2025. I don’t know what they thought they saw, or how they determined their findings, but, this doesn’t match what I saw. And, again, we’re still waiting for the tapes of Khalid’s call to his father as well.