Police in the East Bay are facing a new lawsuit for an incident where officers tasered a man who had just had a seizure and crashed his vehicle because he wasn't obeying officers' orders to get out of his car.
Police in the East Bay are facing a new lawsuit for an incident where officers tasered a man who had just had a seizure and crashed his vehicle because he wasn't obeying officers' orders to get out of his car. The suit alleges Hercules police used excessive force and claims their body cam footage provides proof. The young man's lawyer says he has epilepsy and had a seizure while he was driving, ending up crashing his car into a ravine.
'It's not OK to double down on your bad acts and cover them up, or try to pretend they're something that they're not,' said attorney Craig Peters. 'If you're not using it as a learning experience to improve the culture in the police department, you are tainting all of those good officers who want good outcomes to happen.' The lawsuit accuses the officers of excessive force, battery, false arrest, defamation and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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