RH Reality Check
Eesha Pandit, RH Reality Check on August 20, 2007 - 6:04pm

Mariah Lopez and Christina Sforza, two transgender women of color from New York City, were arrested and subjected to brutal treatment while in custody. Sforza reported to Amnesty International that she was attacked in a New York restaurant in July 2006 by a man wielding a lead pipe. She said she was attacked for spending too long in the women's rest room which an employee gave her permission to use. The assailant shouted verbal abuse that was picked up by other staff and customers who allegedly egged him on shouting "kill the ->-bleeped-<-." But when officers from the New York Police Department arrived they refused to allow the emergency medical services to examine her injuries and arrested her, not her attacker, Sforza says.

This sounds like the basis for a solid case against the police force.  Wrongful arrest.

Cindi

Just remember that the SCOTUS has ruled that a citizen is not allowed to resist even an unlawful arrest by a citizen carrying a police badge.

I hope that she wins big and that the SOB who did that to her goes away for a long time.

See the article:
Resistance Is Futile: The Right to Resist Unlawful Arrest in an Era of Aggressive Policing
Craig Hemmens, Daniel Levin
Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 46, No. 4, 472-496 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128700046004004

At common law, there was a right to resist an illegal arrest. The modern trend, however, has been to eliminate the right to resist. Abrogation of the common law right is based on several factors, including the development of modern criminal procedure, the ability to seek redress via other means, and the belief that violence should not be encouraged.