By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo

Investigations Editor

Michael Wood, a college student, is suing Hamden police in federal court for allegedly beating and using a Taser on him on Nov. 1, 2009 in Hamden when he was 18-years-old.

HAMDEN — What started with a fistfight over a cab ended with police using a Taser on college student Michael Wood and subjecting him to a “vicious and brutal beating,” according to a lawsuit Wood has filed against police.
At the end of the ordeal, Wood’s father, Ken, says he initially didn’t recognize his own son due to his injuries.

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Michael Wood, a college student, is suing Hamden police in federal court for allegedly beating and using a Taser on him on Nov. 1, 2009 in Hamden when he was 18-years-old.