A mentally disabled man who was shot by an Albuquerque police officer has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city.
The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/TqRR3H ) that the lawsuit filed last week by Russell Tenorio alleges excessive force by police and seeks unspecified damages.
It marked second lawsuit against Albuquerque police to come out of the November 2010 shooting.
Police were called to Tenorio's home after getting a call that he had been drinking and was threatening to harm himself with a knife.
Tenorio was shot by Officer Brian Pitzer.
Pitzer has said Tenorio was walking toward him with blank look on his face carrying a knife and ignoring commands to drop it.