OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal judge allowed several claims to survive in a young man's lawsuit against the city of Hercules, the police department and fire district, after "disturbing" body camera video showed authorities pulling him out of his car after he suffered a grand mal seizure and stunning him with a Taser.

‘Disturbing’ video

In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers declined a bid to dismiss Jack Bruce's suit, which the 22-year-old filed in February, alleging excessive force, battery, false arrest, negligence, defamation and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Earlier in August, Gonzales Rogers told the parties that she had watched the video, which she found "disturbing," according to Bruce's lawyers.

Her ruling specifically states that B

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