Plaintiff:
Anthony Givens
Incident date:
08/14/2009
Location:
200 W. 111th Pl.
Allegations:
Givens was at the home of a neighbor, Sanders, to “investigate a report concerning his nephew.” One of the officers at the Sanders' home told Givens to leave, which Givens did. As Givens headed home, Sanders came up to him and the two began talking. At that point, an officer came up and threw Givens to the ground while another officer pointed his gun at Givens' head. Givens suffered a deep cut over one eye and police took him to the hospital for treatment. To cover up their use of excessive force, officers falsely charged Givens with battery on Sanders and resisting arrest. Givens spent the night in jail, but was released the next day. The charges against him were later dismissed.