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.
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photo by: Lionel Womack via AP
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 and 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.