stomach. On your stomach >> in Ogden, Utah, the cell phone video showed police beating and tasering a man already on the ground. Now, the police have released their body camera videos and are facing a lawsuit. >> Stop right now. >> Stop. Stop reaching in your waist. >> Give me your hand. Give me your stomach. Stay on your stomach. Stay on your stomach. This incident in April 2023 began when police tried to stop that man who was walking in the street. The family of Sha Sims admits he was jaywalking and high on drugs. But they insist his effort to flee on the ground >> should not have prompted this. >> Give me your hand. Give me a hand. I'm going to punch you again, dude. Give me your hands. I'm going to punch you. >> The video shows Sims was not fighting back or yelling. Stop wrenching in your waist. >> But because he did not immediately give police's hands, >> cops punched him repeatedly. >> Then they tasered him. >> I just wanted to >> You guys good? >> Yeah. >> You good? >> Yeah. Yeah, >> we echo free medical for approximately 30-year-old male conscious breathing alert classes. Sit him down right here. >> 1750 Washington. >> All right, dude. >> Sit down. Why are you reaching like you got a gun, dude? >> Sims did not have a gun or any other weapon, and his family says he is not a violent person. >> But soon after this incident, when a bystander cell phone video emerged, Ogden, Utah Police Chief Eric Young said the officer's actions were justified. >> Officers struck Sims with fists in the head, shoulder, and back area numerous times to try and gain compliance. Sean Sims family has now filed a lawsuit for civil rights violations. In a 24-page complaint, the suit points to settled case law. Quote, "No use of force is reasonable when a suspect is fully subdued, is not resisting, is not violent, and/or poses no threat to the officers or anyone else." The suit also notes that Sims was not fighting back, yelling, or otherwise threatening the officers. Several body camera videos show that because one officer was punching Sims, others immediately joined in with no questions and repeatedly beat the subdued man. >> Give me that. >> Give us your hand. >> Give me that. >> Give me that. >> The Ogden Police Department is not commenting on the lawsuit and is directing reporters back to the chief's original statement when he called the officer's actions justified. Sean Sims mother is calling the police officer's actions towards her son horrifying. Marshia Canana says that nobody should ever be beaten like that, much less somebody whose original offense was jaywalking. Legal experts say the lawsuit is compelling and that the city of Ogden, Utah would be wise to settle. The experts say a jury could reasonably conclude that the officer's actions were excessive and that once police had brought Mr. Sims to the ground, the punches and the taser were purely out of spite. This case underscores a fundamental problem in many police departments and among countless police officers. A lot of cops seem to think that when a suspect does not immediately obey, it automatically means that they are immediately resisting and that a cop can then use force. That's not how the law works. Furthermore, it's not up to police to serve as a judge and jury and meet out a defendant's punishment. There may be some good police officers in Utah, but it only takes a few bad ones, like the cops in Ogden, to make all police officers look terrible. By the way, here in Connecticut, New Haven police are being sued after smashing into the wrong home. Police the search warrant. Police search warrant. Policeman search warrant. >> Check out that video at the link below. I'm David Schustster. Thanks for joining us.