TribLive: “A man who said he was assaulted and shocked with a taser by two guards at the Allegheny County Jail without provocation is suing.

Daronte Brown, 21, of Monroeville, filed the civil rights suit in U.S. District Court alleging excessive use of force, failure to intervene and other counts against Officer Robert Veith, Officer Miguel McKinley, Sgt. Christopher Radaci, as well as former Warden Orlando Harper, former interim Warden Shane Dady, former Chief Deputy Warden David Zetwo and former Deputy Warden Jason Beasom.

Allegheny County is also named as a defendant.

A spokesman for the jail said he could not comment on pending litigation.

The lawsuit recounts years of alleged problems in the jail — including the abuse of solitary confinement for mentally ill patients, inadequate training and supervision and a lack of adequate healthcare.

A settlement addressing many of those problems was reached last year, promising to bring “meaningful changes” to people incarcerated at the jail.

However, Brown’s lawsuit, filed by attorney Alec Wright and the Abolitionist Law Center, alleges two separate assaults prior to the settlement — one in 2023 and another in 2024.”

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