Tennessee family's lawsuit against police, paramedics over use of force dismissed
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A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police and paramedics subjected a man having a seizure to excessive force and failed to give him access to medical care has been dismissed
Nashville, Tennessee -- A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police officers and paramedics used excessive force on a 23-year-old man having a seizure and failed to give him access to medical care has been dismissed.
A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of the city of Bristol and the officers and paramedics, who argued the statute of limitations had expired by the time the family of Austin Hunter Turner filed the lawsuit over his 2017 death.
His death was one of more than 1,000 nationally that an investigation led by The Associated Press identified as happening after police officers used physical force or weapons that were supposed to stop, but not kill, people.
Turner's mother, Karen Goodwin, filed the lawsuit in 2024 after AP reporters shared police body-camera video they had found. His mother had not seen the video, which made the family doubt the autopsy report conclusion that he died of a multiple drug toxicity. An attorney for the family said they intend to appeal the decision.
The lawsuit focused on how the video contradicted the police version of what happened inside Turner’s apartment after his girlfriend called 911 for medical help.
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