COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a man who died after being shocked with a Taser by Coweta County deputies is filing a lawsuit against the deputies and emergency medical technicians.
Body-camera video obtained by Channel 2’s Mark Winne shows Coweta County sheriff’s deputies struggling to subdue 32-year-old Chase Sherman in the back of an SUV along Interstate 85 in Nov. 2015.
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The video shows deputies struggling with Sherman in the back of the SUV until he’s still, and they later realize he’s not breathing. Sherman was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Sherman’s mother said her son was “freaking out” and had taken a synthetic drug known as Spice.
Coweta County District Attorney Peter Skandalakis announced in October that he would not prosecute the case.
He said the incident was tragic, but not a criminal matter.