Allegations:
Tart was sitting on the porch of a Near West Side home when Officers Herman, Purdy and Varchetto approached him. The officers searched him, handcuffed him and placed him in the back seat of the squad car to be taken into custody. Purdy told Tart he had been identified as the driver in a robbery earlier that evening. Tart denied any knowledge of a robbery. Purdy threatened him and said he would send him to jail. The officers knew there had been three identified suspects in the robbery and that these suspects were already in police custody. Despite this, the officers continued to use Tart in lineups for open cases. Tart's request for an attorney was denied. Purdy then placed Tart in a lineup for a robbery that had occurred a week earlier in Lincoln Park. The witness to that robbery initially denied seeing the perpetrator in the lineup, but was coerced into identifying Tart. He was charged for the robbery in Lincoln Park. Tart was later found not guilty and released.