Plaintiff:
Anthony Henderson
Incident date:
09/24/2013
Location:
2600 W. 59th St.
Allegations:
Henderson was at home when police came to his Gage Park apartment with a search warrant. Officers broke down the building's front door and Henderson's apartment door. During a search of the apartment, officers destroyed furniture, cabinets and a television. They further damaged the apartment by knocking holes in the walls and tearing down the ceiling. Officers did not find anything illegal during the search, but claimed to have seen drugs on a table in the front room of the apartment. Officers took the keys to Henderson's two vehicles and vandalized one, slashing the seats and destroying other parts of the interior. Although the officers found nothing incriminating, Henderson was arrested, taken to a police station and detained for six hours without access to water, restrooms or a telephone. Henderson was transferred to another police station, booked and detained for one day. Henderson's charges were dismissed. Officers obtained a second search warrant for Henderson's home once more months later, but again found nothing incriminating. No charges resulted from the second search.