LOGAN EXCESSIVE FORCE

IN SOUTHEAST OHIO, A FEDERAL COURT HAS REVIVED THE ZACHARY VAUGHAN EXCESSIVE FORCE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LOGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
ATTORNEYS FOR ZACHARY VAUGHAN REFILED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THE SUIT CONTENDS THAT LOGAN POLICE ARRESTED VAUGHAN ON SUSPICION OF SHOPLIFTING AT A SPEEDWAY GAS STATION BACK IN APRIL OF 20-24 AND USED EXCESSIVE FORCE INCLUDING TASERS AND ALLOWING A POLICE DOG TO MAUL HIM DESPITE HIM NOT RESISTING ARREST. HE WAS SEVERELY INJURED. THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE BOTH NAMED. THE SUIT CLAIMS FOURTH AMMENDMENT VIOLATIONS, ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT CLAIMS BASED ON VAUGHAN’S KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.