EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A trial is under way in Eugene over a police officer’s use of a stun gun to stop a man fleeing over a fence from a traffic stop.
The excessive force suit filed by 34-year-old David Snauer in federal court says he suffered broken neck and back bones when he landed on his head, had “multiple surgeries” and had to use a wheelchair for months.
A Springfield police officer pulled him over in 2007 for a burned out license plate light.
The Eugene Register-Guard reports that (http://bit.ly/qqlA15 ) the trial began Tuesday and is expected to last most of the week.
