Members of a Chicago family that includes an 11-year-old girl saidthey were beaten by Chicago Police officers and called racial slursafter a traffic stop last year.
Anton Johnson, his mother, Welsie Johnson, sisters Angela andSabrina Johnson, and his girlfriend, Shawntavia Brazil, filed alawsuit Tuesday against the Chicago Police Department and eightofficers they claim abused them.
Attorney Scott Kummer said all of them, including 11-year-oldSabrina, were arrested for disorderly conduct after the August 2005incident near their home in the 4000 block of 21st Street.
ALL RELATIVES MAY FACE CHARGES
It began, the lawsuit says, when police pulled over a car AntonJohnson was riding in, to investigate if it was stolen.
He was released, but argued with officers over the way they hadtreated him at the time he was stopped.
Words were exchanged, the suit says, and Johnson was beaten andcuffed. His family then intervened and they, too, were beaten andcalled names, according to the lawsuit.
Criminal charges are pending against all the relatives.
A police spokeswoman said officials haven't seen the complaint andcan't comment pending an investigation.
spatterson@suntimes.com
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