Robin FloresA $1.75 million lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Circuit Court accuses six law enforcement officers of excessive force against a 61-year-old woman in custody.
Nancy Mason cooperated with one police officer and five sheriff’s deputies when she was booked into the Hamilton County Jail on March 21, 2015, the lawsuit states. They patted down the frail woman, found her unarmed, and began to take her possessions for safekeeping. When they asked for her earrings, though, Mason refused, and told Sgt. Rodney Terrell she would report him.
According to the lawsuit filed Thursday morning, Terrell said, “Step over there and you can report all you want.”
Then he unholstered his Taser and, without warning, shot Mason, who crumpled to the floor and fractured her right wrist, the lawsuit states.
As she writhed on the ground, Terrell continued to train his Taser on the 61-year-old woman, the lawsuit says.