Allegations:
T.A., a minor, was at a friend's apartment with three other teenagers when several police officers forced open the apartment's front door and entered. One of the officers brutally attacked one of T.A.'s friends, and they searched the apartment. One of the officers struck T.A. several times with a blunt object, and the officers falsely accused T.A. of possessing a firearm. The officers arrested T.A., who was detained for several days in Cook County juvenile detention facilities. The criminal charges were later dismissed.