A white Akron police officer faces a second civil lawsuit accusing him of using excessive force against a Black man after he punched a passenger during a traffic stop, breaking his nose.
The federal lawsuit filed against Officer Warren Spragg and the city of Akron on June 27 alleges illegal use of excessive force, assault and battery and false arrest after Spragg yanked Terrell Battles, who was a passenger in his brother’s car, out of the vehicle and onto the ground and then repeatedly struck him in the head and torso.
Spragg and the city were previously sued in 2024 after the officer punched and arrested a man named Jordan Ely for resisting arrest. Ely was later acquitted of that charge and the city settled his civil lawsuit for $15,000, Signal Akron reported.
The current complaint centers around an encounter Battles had with Akron police on June 28, 2024, when his brother was pulled over in West Akron for an expired tag violation and then was arrested for driving without a valid license…