article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The Arizona police officer who intentionally slammed his car into an armed suspect previously faced an excessive force lawsuit in New York, according to court documents.
article_snippet.sent: Two years after Officer Michael Rapiejko left, Officer Michael Rapiejko was one of the defendants in a suit filed by a man who alleged that Officer Michael Rapiejko pointed a gun and threatened to shoot Officer Michael Rapiejko and handcuffed and choked Officer Michael Rapiejko in front of Officer Michael Rapiejko family during a 2005 arrest.
article_snippet.sent: the lawsuit said Luis Colon had parked his car and gotten out when Officer Michael Rapiejko, with Officer Michael Rapiejko gun aimed at Colon, ordered Officer Michael Rapiejko back into his car.
article_snippet.sent: During Officer Michael Rapiejko arrest on charges of obstructing governmental administration, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Colon alleged Officer Michael Rapiejko was yanked from the car, handcuffed and choked.
article_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko's actions in Marana, Arizona, in which he drove he into a man who had fired a rifle in the air minutes earlier and before that had pointed the gun at another officer, have stirred debate about what type of force police should have used.
highlights_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko was sued in New York over claims Officer Michael Rapiejko used excessive force during an arrest .
  