Plaintiff:
Sabrina Harrison
Incident date:
01/10/2014
Location:
749 S. Kedzie Ave.
Allegations:
Harrison was at her East Garfield Park apartment with her five children and other relatives when police burst in without a search warrant or consent demanding to know where to find drugs. Harrison told the officers she had no drugs, but they handcuffed her and Officer Cowie took her to the bathroom and strip-searched her while other officers watched. Cowie told Harrison, who was naked from the waist down, to bend over and cough multiple times so she could do a thorough search, then pulled Harrison's T-shirt and bra up, fully exposing her. Police did not find any drugs in the apartment or on Harrison. Nevertheless, officers took her to the police station and filled out false police reports to back up their charges of possession of a controlled substance. The charges against Harrison were later dropped.