A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit against a Gwinnett County police officer after he was left with brain damage from an encounter with the police on Oct. 21, 2021.
Angelo Black was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by members of the GCPD, including Officer Chase Weber, in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia.
According to the lawsuit filed on Oct. 11, the vehicle Black was riding in was pulled over for a broken taillight, and rather than issuing the driver a ticket, the police removed him from the vehicle and placed him in the back seat of a police cruiser. Black was also removed from the vehicle. He ran when officers began frisking him.
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Weber gave chase and used a Taser on Black as he attempted to run through the parking lot of the Steak ‘n Shake located at 2110 Pleasant Hill Road, causing him to fall off a median and onto the concrete, unable to break his fall after the shock from the stun gun. Black fell directly on his head, and video footage of the incident shows blood pouring out of his head as he lay on the concrete moaning.
“Defendant was pursuing Plaintiff following a traffic stop while on duty as a Police Officer for Gwinnett County, Georgia,” says the lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star. “Defendant discharged his taser while Plaintiff was jumping from a ledge and in midair, with his back turned, and preparing to land in the lower-level adjoining parking lot. The taser struck Plaintiff, causing him to become unresponsive and unable to break his fall. Plaintiff’s head slammed into the parking lot pavement, resulting in severe brain and head injuries.”
The lawsuit contends that Weber “knew or should have known” that if he deployed his Taser, it could have led to “death or serious bodily injury” for Black.
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According to Black’s attorney, Harry M. Daniels, police officers are “strictly prohibited” from deploying stun guns…
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