An Athens mother is suing two local police officers and the city because her mentally ill son was Tasered in 2016 at Athen-Limestone Hospital and later died.

An attorney for Dorothy Nelson filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court in Birmingham. In it she seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from officers Greg Lott and Dusty Meadows as well as the city of Athens.

Nelson had brought her 49-year-old son, Randy, to Athens-Limestone Hospital on Feb. 3 because he was dealing with symptoms if mental illness, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

When hospital personnel could not subdued him to sedate him, they called Athens Police Department. When he would not comply to officer commands, he was warned he would be subdued by Taser. He had been throwing medical supplies and equipment. Police decided to Taser him. Randy suffered cardiac arrest following the Tasering and was taken to Huntsville Hospital, where he died Feb. 8.

The police released body camera footage of the incident.

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