LAFAYETTE, Colo. — A Lafayette police officer is accused of “aggressively tailgating” and assaulting a woman in a parking lot before he identified himself to her as the police, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
“There are few things more unnerving than a stranger tailgating you on the road,” the beginning of the lawsuit reads. “There is truly nothing more terrifying than that stranger following you into a parking lot, getting out of his car, storming up to you, and physically assaulting you. That was Ms. Martell’s terrifying reality on November 20, 2024.”
On Dec. 18, Kosloski Law, on behalf of Jazzminn Martell, filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Lafayette Police Officer Nathan Cashion had assaulted Martell in a parking lot on the morning of Nov. 20 as the 34-year-old made her way to work, driving south on Colorado Boulevard…