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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — The family of a man who was tased during a traffic stop and fatally struck by a passing vehicle on Interstate 25 has filed a lawsuit against the involved Larimer County sheriff's deputy.
" was pulled over for an expired license plate, and then he was dead. So put a sense to that," Brent's mom, Karen Thompson, said.In the lawsuit, Thompson's family alleges Deputy Lujan violated his constitutional rights and used unreasonable physical and deadly force during the stop. The district attorney's office concluded the use of force in this case is not considered"deadly force" per Colorado law because the deputy did not intend to cause Thompson's death. The Thompson family disagrees.
"The civil lawsuit is to hold the deputy accountable and to make sure that moving forward, Larimer County and every other county in Colorado holds its police accountable," Anderson said.
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