KRIV-26 reports that Houston Texans offensive lineman Fred Weary is suing HPD:
Houston Texans offensive lineman Fred Weary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the City of Houston and the two Houston Police Department officers who Tasered him after a traffic stop last year.
The lawsuit named the city and officers Margaret T. McGivern and Joe F. Vasquez for their “unlawful stop, use of excessive force, assault, unlawful arrest and detention” of Weary on Nov. 14, 2006 as he left Reliant Stadium after practicing with the Texans.
“We haven’t seen the lawsuit,” said Mayor Bill White’s spokesperson, Frank Michel. “And even if we have, we would be limited in what we can say. I would refer you to the city attorney.”
Weary was shot with a Taser and arrested that day after officers said he was stopped because he did not have a front license plate and was driving “suspiciously.” A misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest was dismissed a week later because of insufficient evidence.
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Additionally, the suit alleges that HPD chief Harold Hurtt “acted with malice by defaming Mr. Weary to the Houston Chronicle.” It pointed out that Hurtt stated that his officers “spared him from a more dire outcome” and that there could have been “a more deadlier encounter.”
The trial could get really interesting if HPD’s Chief (grammar mangler) testifies!
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