West Valley City Police being sued for man's injuries after being tased, run over by passing car
Atonio “OJ” Sivatia, now 22, suffered a life-changing traumatic brain injury. Now, his family is suing the city and its police officers over the events that happened after midnight on Dec. 6, 2020.
Deputy reports show West Valley City police responded to a mentally violent individual near 4000 South and Redwood Road. One officer followed Sivatia to Redwood Road, and “advised over the radio that the male was attempting to be hit by vehicles in the road and a taser was deployed.”“Making Atonio lie down with his head away from the traffic so that he couldn’t see it coming was a danger that was created by the police,” said Robert Sykes, Sivatia’s attorney.“He had a significant brain injury to the point where he can’t talk. He can’t walk,” said Sykes.
“If [the officer] turned his car, that car wouldn’t have hit my son,” said Sivatia’s mother. “It would have never happened. If he had just turned his car instead of going straight.”
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