A man who says he fell off a highway bypass after police Tasered him can pursue claims that the police threatened witnesses and said he voluntarily jumped, a federal judge ruled.
Ernest Martin says Officer Brian Errington allegedly attacked and Tasered him on April 19, 2012, causing him to fall from the West Shore Bypass and land on the concrete about 40 feet below. At the time Errington was allegedly on duty with Police Capt. Damon Kloc in West Reading, Pa.
Reading Police Chief William Heim, together with Pennsylvania State Police Captain Dante Orlandi, Trooper Michael Pavelko, and several others, soon investigated the fall.
Despite knowing that Martin was Tasered, the officers told local media outlets, including the Reading Eagle Newspaper and Channel 69 Television News, the man had intentionally jumped off the bridge, Martin claimed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania months later.
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