Allegations:
Yolanda Phillips awoke to the noise of her vehicle being towed and woke her mother, Carolyn Phillips, to alert her. Yolanda Phillips had purchased a vehicle using an auto loan. At some point, she fell behind on her loan payments. When Yolanda Phillips looked outside her window, she saw repossession agents tearing down the fence to her building and a tow truck driving into the fenced-off area. When she went outside, she saw a Chicago Police Department sport-utility vehicle as well as uniformed police officers, including Russell. Yolanda Phillips positioned herself between the front of the vehicle and the rear of the tow truck, demanding to be shown a copy of the repossession order. The repossession agents refused. Russell twice told Yolanda Phillips to move from between the vehicle and tow truck and that she would be taken to jail if she didn't move. The tow truck left with her vehicle.