Police Officers Tase Man and Break His Ribs For Not Wearing Seatbelt

That'll teach him .... "we're doing this for your own good, you have to wear your seat belt!" ... while they are tasing him and jumping up and down on him, breaking bones ... To Protect and Serve!

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Lawsuit claims Manitou cops used excessive force
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August 10, 2011 7:43 PM
LANCE BENZEL
THE GAZETTE

A man who said he was beaten by two Manitou Springs police officers during a 2009 traffic stop has filed a lawsuit claiming police used excessive force.

Attorneys for Marshall P. Wolfe say he suffered seven broken ribs, a fractured sternum and repeated stun gun shocks after he was pulled over during a seat belt-enforcement campaign by the Manitou Springs Police Department.

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Wolfe, 44, was stopped just after noon on May 19, 2009,as he arrived at his home on Beckers Lane in Manitou Springs after a trip to get groceries, the lawsuit said. Wolfe immediately got out of his car with groceries in his hands and walked toward his wife, who was sitting on the front porch. Courtney and Lindsey exited their patrol car, drew their weapons and ordered him to stop.

The lawsuit said Wolfe panicked and “moved toward the side of his house,” prompting the officers to hit him with their Tasers.

As he lay on the ground, one of the officers allegedly hit him in the face with a second Taser shot that lodged a barb in his nose.

Wolfe said the officers started “jumping up and down” on him as he lay on the ground.

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Although Wolfe was charged with resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer, the case was eventually dismissed by prosecutors. Prosecutors also dismissed his two traffic tickets: Speeding between 5 and 9 mph. over the limit and failing to use a seat belt.

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