A man in Alabama filed a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging a police officer repeatedly used a Taser on him while he was detained and compliant in handcuffs.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man in Alabama filed a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging a police officer repeatedly used a Taser on him while he

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man in Alabama filed a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging a police officer repeatedly used a Taser on him while he was detained and compliant in handcuffs. A video of the encounter appears to show Micah Washington, 25, with police. According to the lawsuit, he was changing a flat tire near his aunt’s house in Pickens County, Alabama, when a police officer from Reform approached him and a frien…

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Deputy Jason Ruesch and the plaintiff became embroiled in an argument about the deputy’s job performance, the suit said.

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“The lawsuit highlights the excessive force, deliberate indifference, malicious prosecution and wrongful detainment” of Micah Washington, said his attorney.

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Alabama police sued after viral video shows officer using a Taser on handcuffed man

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