ADAMS COUNTY, Colo.. – Nearly four years after an Aurora man was tackled and tased by police officers – claiming his civil rights were violated – the trial against those officers began Monday in an Adams County courtroom.
Preston Nunn III, is suing the officers claiming the department used excessive force against him during the May 2021 incident which garnered attention following body camera footage which became public later that year.
“No human being should be treated in that fashion, I don’t care what color you are,” said civil rights activist Alvertis Simmons outside the Brighton courtroom.
Body camera footage of the May 2021 violent arrest showed Aurora officers tackling and then using a Taser on Nunn during a traffic stop near E. Iliff Avenue and S. Buckley Road.
According to APD, the incident began when Nunn was pulled over by police after allegedly nearly striking officers who were conducting an unrelated traffic stop on May 15.
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Footage shows Aurora officers tackling, using Taser on man
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