A new federal lawsuit filed against the Boulder County Sheriff's Office claims that deputies and a sergeant strapped a suspect to a chair — fully restraining him — threatened him, used a Taser on him, and then left him in the restraint chair for hours.
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A federal lawsuit filed against the Boulder County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday claims that deputies and a sergeant strapped a suspect to a chair — fully restraining him — threatened him, used a Taser on him, and then left him in the restraint chair for four hours.
Deputy Domanico and Deputy Finkbiner brought Cole from the Longmont police vehicle to a mat so they could pat him down. Cole knelt on the ground and the two deputies decided to move him to a restraint chair,"which they accomplished without incident," the lawsuit reads. The suit claims that Cole could not use any of his limbs or spit — he could only yell and shift his shoulders.
It is illegal to tase a restrained inmate in Boulder County, something that the lawsuit claims Sgt. Mecca knew. Several of the deputies later reported they thought Sgt. Mecca's use of the Taser was appropriate. The group agreed upon this in a debriefing Sgt. Mecca called following the incident, according to the lawsuit, and they did not believe Sgt. Mecca should be punished.
Boulder County officials had used a Taser on Gotthelf on Nov. 25, 2017 while she was fully restrained and multiple officials stood by, and the county settled claims she brought forward — something Sgt. Mecca learned about on Sept. 22, 2020, the same day Cole was brought into the jail. Gotthelf settled with Boulder County for $400,000 and her case ended up changing policies and trainings.
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