Allegations:
Hope was working at his job at a 24-hour tire shop around midnight when officers showed up, searched him and handcuffed him. After detaining Hope and searching the business for about an hour, they asked him for the whereabouts of several people. He told the officers he didn't know where these people were. The officers drove Hope to an apartment in the Austin neighborhood, and told him they were going to search his residence. Hope explained that he had never lived at that address or even been inside of the building. Regardless, officers searched the apartment while Hope remained handcuffed inside the squad car. The officers found a rifle in the apartment, but no proof that Hope had ever lived there. When they came out, they again asked Hope about several people and he again told them he didn't know where they were. They said they were charging him with posession of the rifle they recovered, because he didn't cooperate. Hope remained in custody on those false charges for eight months before he was found not guilty at a bench trial. In the meantime, he lost his job at the tire shop.