Allegations:
Robert Rubio is a former police officer who lived next door to the plaintiffs. On numerous occasions Rubio used ethnic and racial slurs against the plaintiffs, who are all Arab-American, and generally terrorized them to try to get them to move out of their home. To this end, Rubio filed a false report accusing Morad Elusta of assaulting him. Officers Josephs and McCann, fully aware that Rubio's report was false, arrested Elusta at his home. Once in handcuffs, they put Elusta into their squad car, drove it to an alley and parked. The officers then punched, kicked and slammed their squad car's doors on Elusta while yelling ethnic and racial slurs at him. Elusta was injured to a point where he was incapable of exiting the squad car at the police station and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The assault charges were later dismissed. Almost a year later, Elusta filed a civil rights lawsuit against the two officers. Rubio threatened Elusta to drop his complaint or his house would be raided by police. Rubio, Josephs and McCann then caused a search warrant to be issued for the Elusta's home. Right before the search, Elusta was stopped on the sidewalk near his home by another officer and thrown to the ground and handcuffed. Unknown officers broke down the plaintiff's front gate and front door. Once inside officers yelled racial slurs while pointing guns at the plaintiffs' heads. Officers ransacked the home, destroying property and stealing money and jewelry. At some point Rubio entered the home while the plaintiffs were being held by police for several hours. The officers left without charging anyone of any offenses.