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    A Deaf Man Who Couldn't Hear Police Commands Was Tased And Spent Four Months In Jail

    Brady Mistic says in a federal lawsuit that police violated his civil rights by using unnecessary force during his arrest. Deaf in both ears, Mistic can't read lips and communicates by sign language.
    by Joe Hernandez Sep 29, 2021 2 minutes
    Brady Mistic, a deaf Colorado man, is suing the city of Idaho Springs and others over his violent arrest in 2019.

    When Brady Mistic drove into the parking lot of a Colorado laundromat one fall day in 2019, he thought he was about to run a routine errand.

    But moments after exiting his car, Misticwas blinded by the lights of a parked police cruiser. Two Idaho Springs police officers began shouting commands at Mistic, who was 24 at the time. One officer

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