Plaintiff:
Richard Beiles
Incident date:
08/29/2011
Location:
501 W. Randolph St.
Allegations:
Beiles was walking near Randolph and Canal Streets when Officer Traylor, who was driving a car in plain clothes, attempted to turn from an alleyway onto Randolph Street. He pulled out of the alley without waiting for a break in the pedestrian traffic crossing in front of the alley entrance. Beiles hit the front of the car and yelled at Officer Traynor not to drive into pedestrians. He resumed his walk towards Canal Street when Officer Traynor grabbed him, yelled and demanded that he cover the cost of damages. When Beiles insisted that he be let go so that he could continue on his way home, Officer Traynor announced that he was a police officer and that Beiles was under arrest for unlawfully damaging both his property and resisting arrest. Beiles was held until 5 a.m. the following day. While in custody he was denied access to a phone to call his wife or children. The charges against Beiles were later dismissed.