LAPD sued over alleged use of violent tactics during traffic stops
The LAPD is facing a lawsuit that accuses the agency of using violent and risky tactics during traffic stops involving suspected stolen vehicles.
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The LAPD is facing a lawsuit that accuses the agency of using violent and risky tactics during traffic stops involving suspected stolen vehicles.
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In the aftermath of a traffic stop in Los Angeles that resulted in an officer handcuffing and holding two Indian American women at gunpoint, the women have filed suit against the Los Angeles Police Department. CBS News reports that the two women are suing the Los Angeles Police Department after they say officers wrongfully targeted them during a "terrifying and unnecessary" traffic stop last year. Shibani Balsaver and Sheilanee Sen rented a U-Haul to move from one apartment to another when they were pulled over by L.A. police, the report notes. Officers, apparently believing the truck was sto...
Except it didn’t. Moments later, a swarm of police officers ordered the two women to exit the truck and lay on their stomachs in the middle of the street while officers searched the rental truck, according to court records. Balsaver, 31, and Sen, 33, remained motionless on the pavement as at least 10 officers surrounded them, some with guns drawn, while a police helicopter hovered above, court records and a video recorded by a bystander show. “At that point, they had not told us why we were pulled over,” Balsaver, who works in the film industry, recounted in an interview with The Washin...
Except it didn’t. Moments later, a swarm of police officers ordered the two women to exit the truck and lay on their stomachs in the middle of the street while officers searched the rental truck, according to court records. Balsaver, 31, and Sen, 33, remained motionless on the pavement as at least 10 officers surrounded them, some with guns drawn, while a police helicopter hovered above, court records and a video recorded by a bystander show. “At that point, they had not told us why we were pulled over,” Balsaver, who works in the film industry, recounted in an interview with The Washin...