Indiana police officers were sued on Monday after reportedly smashing a woman's car window and tasering an unarmed passenger during a routine traffic stop over an unworn seatbelt last month.

The driver, 47-year-old Lisa Mahone, was riding with her boyfriend and two children in Hammond, Indiana at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 24. They were on their way to visit her mother at a hospital when they were pulled over by the police officers for not wearing her seatbelt.

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According to reports, the Indiana police officers asked Mahone and her boyfriend, Jamal Jones, for their driver's licenses for identification purposes.

The woman produced her license and insurance card, but Jones explained to the officers that he was not able to bring his because his license was confiscated recently after he received a ticket over not paying his insurance.

After that, one of the officers allegedly smashed the car window Jones' side and tasered him while one of Mahone's children screamed loudly.

The incident was caught on camera by both the complainants and the police officers as the latter explained that Jones had "refused to lower the window more than a small amount". Jones also allegedly refused to even provide his name when the law enforcers.

However, the lawsuit indicated that Jones did not step out of the car for fear that "the officers would harm him."

At that moment, Mahone geared the car into drive when she was warned by one of the officers about a 'stop strip' placed in front of her car that would puncture her wheels if she drove away.

Mahone then pleaded for the officers to let her go with the unworn seatbelt ticket because she had learned from a doctor who called her that her mother was about to pass away in the hospital.

"At no point during this entire encounter did Jamal [Jones] physically resist the officers in any way," the lawsuit indicated.

On the other hand, a statement from the Hamond Police Department stated that the officers can "ask passengers inside of a stopped vehicle for identification and to request that they exit a stopped vehicle for the officer's safety without a requirement of reasonable suspicion."

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