Plaintiff:
Calvin Patterson
Incident date:
08/30/2014
Location:
1632 S St. Louis Ave
Allegations:
Patterson was walking from a store to his cousin's house when he saw a police car speed toward him through an empty parking lot. Patterson put his hands up to cooperate, but the officers slammed their vehicle into him, throwing his body to the ground. One or more of the officers grabbed Patterson and placed him in the vehicle. Several officers arrived at the scene before one or more of them drove Patterson to an alley. One of the officers took Patterson out of the vehicle and threw him to the ground, where a few officers began to kick him in the face, back and stomach. Patterson lost consciousness. He had surgery as a result of the injuries and incurred medical bills.