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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

PTSD decorated veteran, tasered by police, files lawsuit

Tasered Veteran Files Lawsuit Against New Lenox Police
Brian Wilhelm, 28, was Tasered by police in December 2010 while trying to help people in a car accident. The lawsuit claims officers acted with "reckless disregard" and maliciously prosecuted him.
By Michael Sewall
New Lenox police officers used "reckless disregard" when they Tasered resident Brian Wilhelm last year, a recently filed lawsuit against the officers claims.

Wilhelm, a 28-year-old Army veteran who was Tasered in December by New Lenox police, and his attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Aug. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the northern district of Illinois.

The lawsuit states that Wilhelm is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, but his attorney, Lewis Gainor, would not put a dollar amount to what he wants.

Wilhelm came to help at the scene of a Dec. 11 car accident near his home at Woodlawn and Wisconsin roads. After trying to assist an injured passenger, Wilhelm got into a confrontation with New Lenox police officer Mark Klausner.
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