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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Family Files Lawsuit After Killing of
Unarmed Joshua Harvey

Who: Parents of Joshua Harvey along with their Attorneys Damario Solomon-Simmons of
SolomonSimmonsLaw, Spencer Bryan and Steven Terrill of BryanTerrill, P.C., and Cordal Cephas of Johnson
Cephas Law.

What: Press conference where participants will speak with members of the media to announce the filing of
their lawsuit in the Tulsa County District Court. Defendants are the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Police Department
Officers Nigel Harris, Steven Douglas, Jaye Taylor, Patrick Dunlap, Former TPD Chief Charles Jordan, and
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.

When: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 9:30AM CDT.

Where: SolomonSimmonsLaw, 601 S. Boulder, 600, Tulsa, OK 74119.

Lawsuit Highlights:

• Video shows TPD Officers knew Joshua was mentally impaired.

• Video shows unarmed Joshua being tasered over 20 times while lying on the ground.
• Video shows a handcuffed and compliant Joshua forcefully held him face down for approximately fifteen
minutes by TPD officers.
• Video shows Joshua begging for help while restrained face down with pressure on his back.
• Video shows Officers berate a clearly distressed and barely breathing Joshua.
• Video shows Joshua have a heart attack and go unconscious while officers are laughing and joking.
• TASER material explicitly warns excessive tasing increases the risk of death.
• TPD Tried to Cover-up their role in Joshua’s death.
• To-date none of the TPD officers involved have been disciplined
• Clear example why Independent Oversight of TPD Use of Force Necessary
• AMR failed to take control of the scene and provide an adequate medical attention