Federal lawsuit: Kansas deputy purposely ran over former KCK detective
Warning graphic video Updated: 11:17 AM CST Dec 17, 2020 The Associated Press
Warning graphic video Updated: 11:17 AM CST Dec 17, 2020
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Warning graphic video Updated: 11:17 AM CST Dec 17, 2020 The Associated Press The dashcam video captured a horrific scene: A Kansas sheriff s deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a Black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fleeing a traffic stop.Lionel Womack a 35-year-old former police detective from Kansas City, Kansas alleges in an excessive force lawsuit filed Thursday that he sustained serious injuries when Kiowa County Sheriff s Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez intentionally drove over him during the Aug. 15 encounter.Womack said in a statement that he hadn t been speeding nor was he under the influence of anything when he was initially pulled over. His driver s license,
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HOLD FOR STORY BY ROXANA HEGERMAN - This March 2020 photo provided by Lionel Womack shows Womack at home in Kansas City, Kan. Womack alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, that he sustained serious injuries to his back, pelvis, thigh as well as to his right knee, ankle and foot after Kiowa County Sheriff s Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez drove over him during an Aug.15 2020, encounter. The incident â which was recorded on the dashcam of a Pratt County deputy who assisted in the chase â shows the Kiowa County deputy using his patrol truck to catch up to Womack, who was on foot after he fled during a traffic stop. (Photo courtesy Lionel Womack via AP)
Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man, federal lawsuit alleges
A former police detective from Kansas City, Kan., alleges in an excessive force lawsuit that he sustained serious injuries when Sheriffâs Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez intentionally drove over him.
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This March 2020 photo provided by Lionel Womack shows Womack at home in Kansas City, Kan. [ LIONEL WOMACK | AP ]
Published Dec. 17, 2020
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. â The dashcam video captured a horrific scene: a Kansas sheriffâs deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a Black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fleeing a traffic stop.
Lionel Womack â a 35-year-old former police detective from Kansas City, Kan. â alleges in an excessive force lawsuit filed Thursday that he sustained serious injuries when Kiowa County Sheriffâs Deputy Jeremy Rodriguez intentionally drove over him during the Aug. 15 encounter.