SFPD Officer Sues City, Accuses Colleagues Of Racial Profiling
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) -- A San Francisco police officer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, saying he was racially profiled and wrongly arrested by several colleagues who didn't recognize him.
Lorenzo Adamson, a 15-year police veteran, says he was stopped in his car on May 30 for not having a license plate.
The suit alleges that officers inexplicably jumped onto Adamson's back and tried to choke him before tackling him to the ground. Adamson was charged with resisting arrest and vehicle code violations. The charges were dropped.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Adamson was on disability leave for a back injury and the incident aggravated the injury.
It names the city, Police Chief Greg Suhr and Officers Brian Stansbury, Daniel Dudley and Christopher O'Brien and seeks unspecified damages.
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