Plaintiff:
Susan Tamuzian
Incident date:
11/13/2013
Location:
111 S. Halsted St.
Allegations:
Tamuzian was walking from her car to a Walgreens in the West Loop late one evening when she saw a driver who had parked illegally in front of the drugstore, keeping other drivers from using parking spaces. Tamuzian told the driver she was annoyed that he had parked there and forced her to park further away. The driver turned out to be Officer Collins, who was dressed in plainclothes. Collins followed her into the store and confronted her, first grabbing her arm and then grabbing her from behind in a bear hug and forcing her into the pharmacy area of the store. Tamuzian tried calling 911 while Collins was restraining her. The officer showed the pharmacist his badge and ordered the pharmacist to call 911 for him. Soon after, five police cars arrived and Tamuzian was arrested and taken to the police station.