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Alabama judge dismisses lawsuit over a 2023 Taser death as bodycam video is unsealed
Judge ruled the officers’ use of force was reasonable as medical examiner cited drug toxicity and heart failure in Dallas’s death, with family planning to appeal the dismissal.
- U.S. District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose dismissed a wrongful-death suit on Tuesday, deeming the force objectively reasonable, and unsealed body-camera footage previously unreleased.
- Officers approached Dallas after responding to a report of possible burglary and trespassing at a trailer park, then demanded he exit the car and pulled him from it, sparking a scuffle.
- The medical examiner found three abrasions and six punctures, four consistent with deeper Taser probe injuries, and concluded Dallas died mainly from mixed drug toxicity including methamphetamine.
- His family announced plans to take the case to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals after protests in Mobile, following Dallas's death on July 2, 2023.
- An expert hired by the Dallas family said he was reacting to the Taser's burning pain, and bodycam audio captures 'Please, please, I can't breathe' and 'That's illegal'.
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Alabama judge dismisses lawsuit over a 2023 Taser death as bodycam video is unsealed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after Mobile police shocked him multiple times with a Taser in 2023. U.S.
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