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A deaf Colorado man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two local police officers slammed him to the ground and tasered him without recognizing his disability when they arrested him.
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A deaf Colorado man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two local police officers slammed him to the ground and tasered him without recognizing his disability when they arrested him after stopping him for running a stop sign.
sit back in your car. reporter: the driver then 24-year-old out of his car. excuse me? who do you think you are. reporter: officers nicholas and ellie summers slammed him to the ground. tase him. reporter: in a statement, police say that he resisted and assaulted an officer and that a physical altercation took place, adding that one of the officers was injured with a broken leg. but there was a different reason for his confused behavior. mystic couldn t hear them. he s deaf in both ears and primarily uses american sign language to communicate. at the hospital, he explained his actions. i didn t know that i was the one i didn t know what the reason was, but i couldn t see. i understand that. but you should have stayed in