'I’ve never felt so defeated, and I couldn’t even protect my body.”
The man who had a stun gun used on him while he was in restraints at the Boulder County Jail, a case that resultedThe lawsuit, filed on behalf of Travis Cole on Wednesday, names former Sgt. Christopher Mecca, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, and two commanders and seven deputies as defendants.
In naming the county, the lawsuit alleges deputies at the jail should have had more and better training. “The sheriff disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit alleging culpability on the part of our agency, and counters that the former employee acted outside of our policy and training, and bears responsibility for that decision alone.”
According to an affidavit, Cole was brought to the jail by Longmont police on a domestic violence case. Law enforcement said he was combative with officers and intoxicated. When he arrived at the jail he “purposely went limp buckling at the knees as a means of being passively resistant.”
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