OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- The family of a San Francisco man repeatedly tasered by an East Bay police officer is accusing police of refusing to request medical treatment as the man nearly drowned. This is what is behind the federal civil rights lawsuit filed six months after the incident. Deontae Faison has been hospitalized with severe brain damage since April 5. Earlier this year, the 35-year-old father was tasered multiple times by an East Bay Regional Park District police officer. "He is now unable to speak," said Faison's sister Tenaya Sims. "He has a hole in every part of your body just to be alive and to be able to breathe." Embattled San Jose councilman could lose job over absence During a news conference, Faison's family -- flanked by attorneys -- detailed the reasoning behind the federal civil rights lawsuit they filed Tuesday against Alameda County and the East Bay Regional Park District. "We need to hold the police department accountable," attorney Jamir Davis said. On April 5, the lawsuit claims Faison ran away from a park officer after giving them a fake name as the officer inquired about the expired registration on Faison's car. It happened at Martin Luther King Junior Regional Shoreline in Oakland. Body camera footage shared by Faison's family's attornies partially shows the incident. The lawsuit claims an officer tasered Faison multiple times, continuing when Faison ended up in the estuary. Davis says Faison sat in the water and was not pulled out until after he fell unconscious 40 minutes later. "They never called for EMT services," Davis said. "They never called for paramedics, and when he was pulled from the estuary water, which was frigid cold, they allowed him to lay on the bank for over 15 minutes and did not administer any CPR whatsoever." The lawsuit demands a jury trial and seeks monetary damages. Faison's family also wants park district officers to receive better training on de-escalation. Police looking for individuals involved in series of Antioch Rite Aid thefts "These past couple of months, my dad -- he just basically, like, even though he's still living, it's like, basically just died," Faison's son Deontae said. KRON4 reached out to the park district for comment on this report and have not heard back.