(File Photo of a Pittsburgh Police Car with Bystander walking in the Background and Businesses in the Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, along with three officers and a commander, were named in a recent lawsuit stemming from the arrest of a man with autism that occurred in February of 2024. According to the lawsuit, Kevin Dunn went for an afternoon walk in his West End neighborhood when he was suddenly surrounded by police cars. The complaint stated that officers Seth Tessmer, Jordan Price, and Anthony Rosato allegedly tried to detain Dunn before he ran to his aunt’s front porch nearby. The document expresses that is where police wrestled Dunn to the ground and used a taser on him, “without any rational justification.” Dunn was later taken to the hospital and released without any charges. The supervisor of the three officers, Commander Raymond Rippole, was also sued.