Nichols’ attorney, John Treleven, released this response to the lawsuit, “I appreciate CPD enacting specific policies to better engage citizens struggling with mental health. I also appreciate the new lawsuit acknowledges this incident stems more from untreated mental health than criminality. But if we continue to use pejorative terms like ‘thug’ when discussing matters involving mental health, we only further marginalize the most vulnerable of our citizens. I will reserve my comments to the facts of this case for the Courts, as my work is not Facebook driven.”