{"id":15063,"date":"2023-03-19T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T16:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/?post_type=whitepapers&#038;p=15063"},"modified":"2023-03-19T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T17:36:24","slug":"a-man-is-suing-the-city-of-hollywood-florida-after-a-cop-shot-him-with-a-gun-instead-of-a-taser-and-paralyzed-him-from-the-waist-down","status":"publish","type":"whitepapers","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/whitepapers\/a-man-is-suing-the-city-of-hollywood-florida-after-a-cop-shot-him-with-a-gun-instead-of-a-taser-and-paralyzed-him-from-the-waist-down\/","title":{"rendered":"A man is suing the city of Hollywood, Florida after a cop shot him with a gun instead of a Taser and paralyzed him from the waist down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Florida man paralyzed after an officer mistakenly shot him with a gun instead of a Taser is now suing the city of Hollywood and its fire rescue and police departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Ortiz, 43, was shot in the back on July 3, 2021, after officers restrained him with handcuffs at his mother&#8217;s apartment, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortiz called 911 after experiencing a mental breakdown and chest pains and was speaking incoherently and acting erratically when Hollywood Fire and Rescue personnel arrived, said the complaint, seen by Insider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/michael-ortiz-mistakenly-shot-police-gun-instead-taser-sues-city-2023-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida man paralyzed after an officer mistakenly shot him with a gun instead of a Taser is now suing the city of Hollywood and its fire rescue and police&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","whitepaper_category":[],"whitepaper-source":[],"class_list":["post-15063","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/15063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whitepapers"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/15063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_category?post=15063"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper-source?post=15063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}