Elizabeth Lawson took the stand Wednesday in the civil trial against the county, city of Jefferson and three members of law enforcement, recalling how she felt “trapped” when officers detained her at her house without giving a reason why. Lawson, who is asking for no less than $500,000 in damages from the case, claims that the officers, while acting under the authority as members of the police department and sheriff’s office, violated her constitutional rights — the right not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law and the right to be free from excessive force — when they responded to her home after receiving a call that she was suicidal, allegedly arrested her without probable...
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