[v1r]

On Wednesday, attorneys Qusair Mohamedbhai and Siddhartha Rathod, who represent the Thompson family, released the video.

“No one in their right mind would tase someone on the highway,” Rathod said in a phone interview Wednesday. “The public has a right to see this.”

During a traffic stop on the highway ramp, Thompson took off running after Lujan told him he was being arrested, as seen in the video. Lujan chased Thompson toward the highway, firing his Taser after Thompson jumped a guard rail along the shoulder. Thompson collapsed on the highway.

“Shit, shit,” Lujan says as a vehicle comes down the highway toward Thompson, running him over.

Thompson can be heard moaning as Lujan handcuffs Thompson before he drags him, face down, from the highway lane to the road’s shoulder. Lujan and other deputies on scene alternate performing CPR on Thompson until paramedics arrive. Thompson was taken to the Medical Center of the Rockies, where he was pronounced dead.

Larimer County Sheriff John Feyen released a statement, and body camera video, on Wednesday afternoon.

“We train our deputies to keep the community safe by taking decisive action with the information they have available in the moment,” Feyen said in the release. “However, this profession doesn’t have the comfortable luxury of hindsight, and the tough reality is that unintended consequences can occur.”

Feyen, in the statement, said that he’s met with the Thompson family “and their representatives,” and that “first responders … grieve the loss of life in any situation.

“Nobody wanted this outcome.”

In his excessive force decision letter released last week, District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin wrote that an investigation and review of Colorado law found “there is no reasonable likelihood of success in proving unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt that Deputy Lorenzo Lujan is criminally culpable for his attempt to effect the arrest of Brent Thompson.”

On Wednesday, Rathod said the decision to not bring criminal charges against Lujan demonstrates “once again that the police cannot and will not police themselves.

“At the time that Brent ran from law enforcement, he was only suspected of committing the crimes of driving with expired registration and giving a false name to law enforcement. The tasering of an individual in the middle of an interstate highway at night is criminal and reprehensible conduct and has no place in law enforcement.”

[DavidAaronGarcia]

Cop got a bonus in Got pay vacation and wasn't found guilty as you could tell the alleged suspect was Caucasian so of course no one didn't really care. The family is sueing the police department too.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Dumbass games... dumbass prizes.

[photo2uj]

Negligent police. No need for this. Truly, the cop needs some years in jail for his crime.
“We train our deputies to keep the community safe by taking decisive action with the information they have available in the moment,” It is not the responsibility of the police to keep you safe. If his statement was true, then he was negligent for not keeping his victim alive.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that police have no specific obligation to protect. Here is a case that made some headlines: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/183004

[mothmon]

Erm, I think the cop should have probably anticipated that and tasered him before or after he hit the asphalt Am I a dick for laughing when the cop yelled, "Shit!" then BAM! the perp got run over? Or when he put the cuffs on a corpse? : That's always good for a guffaw

[AngelAssassin]

I’m actually surprised that driver didn’t notice that something was happening on the roadway in front of them! With the flashlight jumping around on the roadway, one would think the car would at least try to slow down. At least it looked like the car stopped afterwards... Poor kid. I wonder, why on earth did he run??

[Killgaad]

American police, as it stands now, needs to be disbanded—then start from scratch.

[v1r]

Originally Posted by Killgaad ↗

American police, as it stands now, needs to be disbanded—then start from scratch.

Killgaard.

[Trucked up]

Gets nailed, no longer a threat. First action is to handcuff the guy.

[pokerplay]

total complete cunt of a cop pussy who had to handcuff a dead or dying boy to show just how tough he was.