Secular neighbors of a chareidi family in Petach Tikva summoned the police in the wake of an argument which erupted between the families on Shabbos. A patrol car arrived and one of the policemen ordered the chareidi family head to accompany them to police headquarters.
He refused to ride in their car on Shabbos since it was certainly not a life-threatening matter, suggesting that he would follow on foot to the station which was a mere five minute walk from his house. In response to his refusal, one of the officers aimed his electric shock gun (Taser) at him and shot him several times, as well as shackling him with handcuffs, all in full view of his wife and five young children.
The avreich hired a lawyer to file a claim which stated that even though he was released immediately, he has subsequently suffered from severe trauma, nightmares and alternate insomnia, and other harsh symptoms of post-trauma shock. He can no longer function at the level he used to.
In the light of all this, the lawyer filed a claim for damages in the local regional court in Tel Aviv against the State, demanding that it award him the maximum sum of 2.5 million shekel.
