LYNCHBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A federal judge denied a Lynchburg police officer’s effort to throw out a $5 million lawsuit accusing him of excessive force from a man who was tased while on horseback and run over by police during a chase in 2021.
According to court filings, Lynchburg authorities were notified on March 20, 2021, of a man on horseback heading into the city from Amherst County with an outstanding warrant for an alleged protective order violation.
The man on the horse, Steve Rucker, refused to stop to be served the warrant, which was for a misdemeanor that was eventually dropped and did not require him to be taken into custody, leading police on a chase through downtown Lynchburg.
Videos from that day shared with 8News show Lynchburg police tasing Rucker on the horse as he’s being slowly pursued by officers and then running him over after he fell off the horse.
Rucker filed a federal lawsuit against two Lynchburg police officers — Zachary Miller and Michael Johnson — seeking $5.35 million in damages, claiming excessive force and that he suffered a lacerated liver with hemorrhaging, a pulmonary contusion, multiple rib fractures, a concussion and other injuries.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and bet that he was a Caucasian only because it didn’t make it on the mainstream propaganda outlets.
He is a POS Police Officer!
lmao at barney fife!