Police Shootings / Possible Abuse Threads [merged]

Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the man's family.

The lawsuit over the 2022 death of Kevin Dizmang in Colorado Springs was filed against the team's paramedic, Nick Fisher, and police officer Sean Reed.

It identifies Fisher as the person seen taking Dizmang, 63, to the ground in body camera footage released last year by lawyers for Dizmang's family after his death was ruled a homicide and raised questions about how police handle encounters with people experiencing mental health crises.……

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-family-denver-colorado-springs-ptsd-b2495770.html