In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 photo, Mike Carpenter, left, uncle of Greg Longenecker, is interviewed by The Associated Press Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Reading, Pa. A federal lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania State Police of gross recklessness for using a bulldozer to chase and inadvertently run over and kill Longenecker, who had fled after being caught growing marijuana on public land. Attorney Jordan Strokovsky listens at right.
Jacqueline Larma / AP Photo
Jacqueline Larma / AP Photo
In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 photo, Mike Carpenter, left, uncle of Greg Longenecker, is interviewed by The Associated Press Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Reading, Pa. A federal lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania State Police of gross recklessness for using a bulldozer to chase and inadvertently run over and kill Longenecker, who had fled after being caught growing marijuana on public land. Attorney Jordan Strokovsky listens at right.
(Undated) — The family of a marijuana suspect who wound up dead under the treads of a bulldozer commandeered by Pennsylvania State Police has filed an amended lawsuit that raises new questions about the agency’s tactics.
The family accuses police of extreme recklessness in their pursuit of of 51-year-old Gregory Longenecker, who had been caught growing marijuana plants on public land near Reading, Pennsylvania.
The suit quotes a police helicopter pilot as expressing shock that a colleague was using the bulldozer to look for Longenecker.
The pilot says the bulldozer appeared to be “coming in blind” and that he tried to tell its operator to stop.
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