Federal lawsuit: Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man
By ROXANA HEGEMANDecember 18, 2020 GMT
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) 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 a 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, insurance and registration were up to date.
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Lionel Womack at home in Kansas City, Kansas (AP)
A former police detective from Kansas has filed an excessive force lawsuit alleging that he sustained serious injuries when a Kiowa County Sheriff s Deputy intentionally drove over him.
Lionel Womack said in a statement that he had not been speeding nor was he under the influence when he was pulled over in a traffic stop by Jeremy Rodriguez.
Mr Womack, who is Black, says despite this, and even though his driver s licence, insurance, and vehicle registration were up to date, he panicked and fled.
A graphic dashcam video captured the series of horrific events that unfolded next as the patrol truck mowed him down, as he ran shirtless across a field on the night of 15 August.
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BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) 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 a 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, insurance and registration were up to date.