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An Oregon family filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Aug. 6 against the City of Coos Bay and several police officers

The parents of 33-year-old Nathan Bradford Smith are accusing them of negligence, abuse of a vulnerable person and "deliberate indifference" for allegedly leaving him in a car in July 2024 as he was suffering from a meth overdose

One police officer, Benjamin Martin, is accused of responding to an intimate text about "snuggles" and liking several TikTok videos inside the police station as Smith was left in the car

An Oregon family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Coos Bay and three Coos Bay Police Department officers.

According to the federal lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, Aug. 6, the officers allegedly ignored signs that 33-year-old Nathan

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