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Utah Man Sues West Valley City Police After Being ‘Wrongfully Tased’

   05/03/2021  31 Comments on Utah Man Sues West Valley City Police After Being ‘Wrongfully Tased’

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A Utah couple is suing two West Valley City Police officers for actions they took against him in 2016 which, he said, changed his life. “Exit the apartment now,” that’s the sound that could be heard from police body camera footage of the event. On August 3, 2016 Tabeththa Coronado called police for help. A short time later, more than a dozen officers surrounded their 4th floor apartment in West Valley City, dressed in full tactical gear. Tabeththa’s common-law husband, Fernando Coronado, answered the door; he was half naked and drunk. For more than two hours, officers told Coronado to come to them, but he never did. Officers took action against Coronado, deploying a stun gun on him after he began to raise his arms, pound his chest, yell and take a step toward the officers. Coronado fell to the ground and hit his head on the cement below.

Now Coronado has filed a law suit against the officers who he said caused him to sustain life-long injuries and, according to his attorneys, violate his constitutional rights. “What you have here is forceful take down, with a Taser and Fernando had a right to be free from that kind of force,” said Bob Sykes, Coronado’s attorney. Sykes said, by law, you can’t use a stun gun on someone who is nonviolent and only guilty of – at most – misconduct. According to West Valley City police, they had good reason to believe Fernando was dangerous. According to court documents, he threatened to kill his common-law wife, put a knife to his throat and threatened to kill himself, barricaded in his home, and repeatedly threatened to kill officers or anyone who attempted to enter his house. When Coronado and his attorneys were asked about charges or a conviction, they couldn’t seem to remember.

“I don’t think so… not this case,” said Sykes.

“Where there any charges filed against you?” said Sykes.

“Yeah… I don’t know, there was a whole list,” said Coronado.

“I do not think that they prosecuted him, I’m not sure, do you know Chad?” Sykes asked his co-counsel, Chad McKay.

“Yeah they did,” replied McKay.

“What happened?” asked Sykes. “Well, I don’t remember all of the details right now,” McKay responded.

In a statement from West Valley City police they said, in part:
“An injury to anyone involved in an incident is unfortunate, however, officers must act to ensure the safety of not only the suspect, but also the safety of the public, themselves and other officers.”

When asked how Fernando feels about police officers following this incident, Coronado said, “The next officer that pulls me over, I might hurt him, or he might get shot.”

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31 thoughts on “Utah Man Sues West Valley City Police After Being ‘Wrongfully Tased’”

  2. To be fair, its non lethal but the guy didn't seem to have a weapon. Could have easily got him in a chokehold he would have been overwhelmed in a second. Anyway tis what it tis.

  15. Under quick judgement, I'll call this Justified. Evidence is as follows, it's a bit of a read, please feel free to add to or dispute these points. Please Read the video description.

    Officer's safety: the suspect, who was potentially A&D (as we'll later learn) began to engage the officer seemingly directly after realizing his presence, beginning a threatening walk towards the officer.
    Realizing a threat, Instead of going hands on with the potentially armed suspect, the officer fired his already at-ready less than lethal weapon, striking suspect and unfortunately causing him to apparently sustain injuries.

    In depth:
    We can see numerous tactically outfitted officers on the other side to the suspect, a Riot Shield is in place, this clues that the police belive this is a serious, potentially dangerous matter.
    The suspect was barricaded, and allegedly was threatening the lives of those around him, and the officers, the suspect was believed to possibly have a knife, making him armed and dangerous. This means the officers should avoid melee range of the suspect and be ready to use force, deadly if necessary.

    I'll leave this here, feel free to add to this or dispute any incorrect information. <3

    Luckily this man was not shot.

  16. LOL 'Wrongfully Tased' The only one who will get money is the greedy lawyer who takes his case.

  21. lol Wrongfully tased? Dumb fuck started coming towards police. When you're the one in question that's just about the dumbest thing you could do aside from pulling a weapon of any sort out.

  24. Quote from description: When asked how Fernando feels about police officers following this incident, Coronado said, “The next officer that pulls me over, I might hurt him, or he might get shot.”

    These idiots are the cause of why officers are so tense, they're creating their own problems.

  29. i give him 9 for sticking the landing. 10 if he would have put his arms to his side. 🤣🤣🤣

  31. if you read the last line in the info section that talks about the suspect will shoot the next cop, then i think they wrongfully tazed him, they should have emptied a couple of clips on this guy. Cause this guy just said he will kill a cop in the future.

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