Plaintiff:
Ofelia Godinez
Incident date:
06/25/2009
Location:
3108 W. 40th St.
Allegations:
Ofelia Godinez and Heriberto Godinez Sr. were in their Brighton Park home when officers seized them. Ofelia Godinez was in the garage when Officer Estrada entered and shoved her to the ground. At the same time, officers entered the residence, where they found Heriberto Godinez and threw him to the ground, aggravating a wound from a recent surgery. The officers seized and searched Ofelia Godinez without a warrant and took her to a police station, where she was charged with obstructing a peace officer. She was found not guilty of the charge.