Plaintiff:
Joshua Yates-Evans
Incident date:
08/08/2013
Location:
7958 S. Champlain Ave.
Allegations:
Yates-Evans was in his gated backyard when he saw police conducting a traffic stop on the street next to his home. The officers walked over to Yates-Evans, shined a flashlight on his face and asked for his identification. Yates-Evans gave the officers his ID, told them he lived there and asked them to lower the flashlight. The officers ignored him, and Yates-Evans asked for their badge numbers. The officers then came into his yard, and one of them pointed a gun at Yates-Evans and told him to run. Yates-Evans ran into his home and police followed him. The noise woke up Yates-Evans' mother, who walked outside. As Yates-Evans tried to take her back inside, police grabbed him to arrest him. Yates-Evans was trapped behind patio furniture on the porch as police began slapping and pulling at him and threatening to use a Taser on him. Police hit him on the head and he fell to the ground, and officers then dragged him from the porch to the yard and handcuffed him. Officers charged Yates-Evans with assault and resisting a police officer. He was later found not guilty.