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. Â Â 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.