Tasered student will sue
Bob Morris @ Nov 17th 2006 07:13 - Category: Unfiled
His lawyer is Stephen Yagman, who is known and feared by local police agencies for the ferocity of his lawsuits. He will file a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming “‘brutal excessive force,’ as well as false arrest” and racial profiling.
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Woody on 17 Nov 2006 at 8:37 am #
Good! I hope it makes quite a stink in the press. What I’d love to see is the funds from this when he wins the case go toward a trust used to setup a group that monitors and goes after police for brutality like this.
Don’t get me wrong. I can sympathize with cops that use force when going after someone who’s resisting or running. But attacking someone like this, who is complying with their demands or who is in custody and handcuffed, is completely unacceptable.
Bob Morris on 17 Nov 2006 at 8:55 am #
The student certainly wasn’t Mr. Compliant, but absolutely, tasering someone in handcuffs seems close to torture to me.