Man Stunned with Taser By Cops, Left with Brain Damage In Traffic Stop Over Taillight Files Lawsuit
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.
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.
