AUBURN, Wash. — The attorney for a man beaten by an Auburn police officer during a violent arrest is now poised to file a lawsuit.
The lawyer claims the officer used unnecessary and excessive force.
It all played out on Auburn Way North on Oct. 28. Body cam footage shows an officer threatening to use a taser on Mauro Alberto Felix Valles after he reportedly ran around in traffic trying to open car doors.
The officer is seen climbing on top of the man and begins punching him, eventually losing his body cam.
Footage captured by a witness shows the officer continuing to punch him.
According to Evan Oshan, Felix Valles’ attorney, he was hit 24 times.
The officer is now on administrative leave.
“Being punched in the face over and over and over and over again and having your head hit the concrete,” Oshan said.
Oshan announced Thursday he had filed a claim against the city.
He said Felix Valles was having a mental health emergency and was left with post-traumatic stress disorder, sprains in his back, contusions to his face, a concussion, and possibly more.
“To determine a head injury takes between six and nine months, to know the full extent,” Oshan said. “This is really early, so I don’t know at this point. I wish I did. I wish he did. He is living in a state of uncertainty.”
Oshan said the claim is the first step toward a lawsuit and listed damages including medical expenses, lost earnings, pain and suffering and emotional distress.
“It basically puts the city of Auburn on notice that there are injuries and we intend to file a lawsuit,” he said.
Money, he said, will not solve everything.
“This officer needs to be fired immediately,” Oshan said.
Oshan has also filed complaints with the DOJ’s civil rights division and requested the state decertify the officer.
KIRO 7 reached out to the Auburn Police Department for a response to the claim and has not heard back.
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