Plaintiff:
Laregginise Bryant
Incident date:
02/26/2011
Location:
6626 S. Western Ave.
Allegations:
Bryant and Harris were driving with their children when they got into a minor traffic accident. Unknown officers responded to the accident and told everyone the two vehicles could still be driven and they should exchange insurance information and go on their way. After these officers left, the driver of the other car demanded money from Bryant and Harris for the damage to her vehicle. Bryant and Harris refused to pay her so she called a second group of officers to the scene. When Officers Koll and Walsh arrived, the other driver told the officers she was a relative of a Chicago police officer. Hearing this, the officers arrested Bryant and Harris without justification, searched them and then Officer Koll filed negligent driver and lack of proper child restraint charges against Bryant and DUI charges against Harris. Officer Koll also threatened to call the Department of Children and Family Services and to have Bryant's children removed from her custody. All of the charges the officers filed against the Bryant and Harris were later dismissed.