Arkansas woman sues trooper for flipping her SUV during stop
June 11, 2021 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas woman who says she was injured when a state trooper deliberately bumped into her SUV, causing it to flip, because she didn’t immediately pull over for a traffic stop is suing him and the agency.
An attorney for Janice Nicole Harper filed the lawsuit last month in Pulaski County against trooper Rodney Dunn, several of his supervisors and the Arkansas State Police, alleging negligence and excessive use of force.
The suit alleges that Harper slowed down, activated her blinker and emergency lights and was looking for a safe place to pull over after Dunn initiated a traffic stop in July 2020. Dashboard video from Dunn’s cruiser shows the trooper performed a “pursuit intervention technique,” or PIT maneuver, about two minutes after initiating the stop.
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Arkansas woman sues trooper for flipping her SUV during stop
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This screen shot taken from dash cam video owned by the Arkansas State Police shows trooper Rodney Dunn walking toward a flipped car in Pulaski County, Ark., on July 9, 2020. An Arkansas woman is suing the state police after she says a trooper crashed into her car, causing it to flip, after she didn t immediately pull over for a traffic stop. An attorney for Janice Nicole Harper filed the lawsuit last month, May 2021, in Pulaski County against trooper Rodney Dunn and the Arkansas State Police. (Arkansas State Police via AP).