The lawsuit was filed in federal court in June and asked the county to pay wrongful death damages, the cost of Thompson's funeral, and other damages.
It was announced this week that Thompson's parents have agreed to settle their wrongful death lawsuit for $500,000.
Peter Goldstein, the lawyer representing Thompson's parents, claimed in the lawsuit that Thompson was no danger because he had been medicated at the hospital, making him docile. Goldstein also said deputies ignored Thompson's repeated warnings that he could not breathe.
"As seen in the video, the staff and deputies of the jail kicked, kneeled upon, burked and applied torturous arm bar holds, and refused plaintiff's pleas for help," he wrote. "When decedent stated he could not breathe, they did not provide any help or even begin to appreciate the level of danger and harm decedent was experiencing."
Comment: Update (Oct. 23): Harron had been working in Afghanistan, and had stopped over in Dubai for 2 days when the incident occurred. After charges were pressed, his accuser dropped the complaint, but local prosecutors proceeded with the case. Yesterday, it was announced that Harron had been sentenced to three months in prison. He plans to appeal. (He had already been sentenced in absentia to 30 days in prison for failing to appear at a court hearing and drinking alcohol during the incident, in addition to making "a rude gesture".)
Today, however, "the campaign group supporting Harron, detained in Dubai, said charges against him have now been dropped":