arplayer2k
Junior Member
Hi,
On Saturday, my mother and sister were invited to a friend's home (Torrence, California) for a gathering and were parked outside waiting for more guests to arrive as they had gotten there early. They were in a black 2003 Toyota Camry sedan (registered to my mother) without tinted windows wearing Indian / middle eastern clothing. A police car came up behind them, started yelling on the microphone for them to exit their vehicles with their hands up. When they asked what they had done, they were disregarded and asked to walk up against the fence with their hands up. This incident turned into a copfest with 4-6 vehicles and the whole street blocked off. Coincidentally, everyone who was going to the same gathering as my mother and sister was there watching.
Apparently my mother and sister were accused of being in a stolen vehicle. Stolen? My mother tried to explain that this vehicle was hers and wanted to know who had reported it stolen. After the Sergent on duty showed up, and explained that their car matched a stolen Mercedes with a similar license plate which is why they were basically harassed and detained infront of a majority of their friends, they were let go. Their only crime was to be sitting in a vehicle that was not reported stole as it was theirs, that had a similar (but clearly not the same license plate no), but no real close match.
After-wards they were both scared and shocked, and didn't stay for the gathering in which they would have likely been pestered about their altercation with the police.
I am going to be contacting an attorney to file a lawsuit against the city for harassment. I just wanted to know what the rules are for such a law suit and what type of attorney usually handles this kind of a case.
On Saturday, my mother and sister were invited to a friend's home (Torrence, California) for a gathering and were parked outside waiting for more guests to arrive as they had gotten there early. They were in a black 2003 Toyota Camry sedan (registered to my mother) without tinted windows wearing Indian / middle eastern clothing. A police car came up behind them, started yelling on the microphone for them to exit their vehicles with their hands up. When they asked what they had done, they were disregarded and asked to walk up against the fence with their hands up. This incident turned into a copfest with 4-6 vehicles and the whole street blocked off. Coincidentally, everyone who was going to the same gathering as my mother and sister was there watching.
Apparently my mother and sister were accused of being in a stolen vehicle. Stolen? My mother tried to explain that this vehicle was hers and wanted to know who had reported it stolen. After the Sergent on duty showed up, and explained that their car matched a stolen Mercedes with a similar license plate which is why they were basically harassed and detained infront of a majority of their friends, they were let go. Their only crime was to be sitting in a vehicle that was not reported stole as it was theirs, that had a similar (but clearly not the same license plate no), but no real close match.
After-wards they were both scared and shocked, and didn't stay for the gathering in which they would have likely been pestered about their altercation with the police.
I am going to be contacting an attorney to file a lawsuit against the city for harassment. I just wanted to know what the rules are for such a law suit and what type of attorney usually handles this kind of a case.
