Allegations:
Conley was walking to the store and stopped to talk to a group of people on the street when police arrested two people nearby at Cortez Avenue and Lavergne Avenue. The police claimed they found a bag with a “suspicious substance” beside a stop sign at the intersection, and confronted Conley about it. Officer Velez grabbed Conley and said,“You look like one slick nigger. It's your lucky day. You're going to take this case.” The officers released one of the people they had arrested, then arrested Conley instead and charged him with possession of heroin. At Conley's trial, Velez testified that he saw Conley put something at the base of the stop sign. But surveillance cameras had captured the entire incident and proved that the officer's testimony was false. Conley was found not guilty.