The three Houston Police Officers at the center of the alleged Marvin Driver abuse have filed a lawsuit. They are suing Mr. Driver and Quanell X for false statements made against them during the investigation. Last November Mr. Driver was arrested for open warrants and brought to the HPD southeast jail where he was unresponsive. Mr. Driver went to the hospital where he claimed he was beaten and forced to ingest cocaine (trying to explain the cocaine that was found in his system). Quanell doing what he does best, jumped in front of any news camera to grandstand. Now, Quanell is going to have to defend himself against someone else’s allegations. A nice bit of role reversal. Quanell has police-hating ACLU attorney Randall Kallinen representing him. Whenever there is a chance to slam police officers you’ll find Mr. Kallinen.
Randall Kallinen, attorney for Quanell X on the defamation case, said the lawsuit is simply retaliation. ”This is another attempt by the police who use whatever means necessary to silence a police critic,” Kallinen said.
Question for Attorney Kallinen: How about police officers’ rights to be protected against malicious accusations that cause them harm?
Using his logic, they have no rights.
