Mother Sues Police for Alleged Harassment
A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against the City of Lynn over emotional distress allegedly resulting from the Lynn Police’s harassment and abuse of their power.
According to the lawsuit, Virginia Forester’s home was trashed, and several valuables were either taken or destroyed when the police came in the home to investigate claims by her son’s ex-girlfriend that her son had firearms. The police never found any firearms in the house.
The lawsuit also claimed the police:
· Used intimidation tactics to try to charge the son with vandalism
· Pulled her over in a town outside their jurisdiction
· Forced her to stand outside the house in the November cold for as many as three hours while they trashed the house
Incident Details
The 16-page suit describes a series of disturbing events beginning on November 1, which was the day after property owned by state and city police was vandalized. On that day, the suit claims, police officers came to her house visibly angry and told her that her son vandalized property in Ward 1 and that “he’s not getting away with it.”
The police then searched the house for evidence that her son was involved in the vandalism, such as broken glass, fiber, or blood, but found nothing.
More than two weeks later, officers came to her home again and according to the suit, grabbed and held Forester against her will in front of her house. Forester was not allowed to leave the house unless she removed her shirt and shoes, was patted down, and had a metal detector passed over her.
That same day, Foster claims officers took various belongings from the house that had nothing to do with the case investigations, including cancelled checks, phone bills, sports equipment, trading cards, personal checkbooks, and a watch. None of these items were on the warrant list, Forester said.
The suit also claims that the police knocked over a $7,000 piano, smashed Christmas ornaments, golf trophies, computers, family pictures, guitars, a saxophone, and valuable china, and spilled bleach all over the laundry room. They also put holes in the walls and ceiling.
Among other things, Forester’s lawsuit alleges civil rights violations, intentionally inflicting emotional stress, aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and abuse of process.
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According to the lawsuit, Virginia Forester’s home was trashed, and several valuables were either taken or destroyed when the police came in the home to investigate claims by her son’s ex-girlfriend that her son had firearms. The police never found any firearms in the house.
The lawsuit also claimed the police:
· Used intimidation tactics to try to charge the son with vandalism
· Pulled her over in a town outside their jurisdiction
· Forced her to stand outside the house in the November cold for as many as three hours while they trashed the house
Incident Details
The 16-page suit describes a series of disturbing events beginning on November 1, which was the day after property owned by state and city police was vandalized. On that day, the suit claims, police officers came to her house visibly angry and told her that her son vandalized property in Ward 1 and that “he’s not getting away with it.”
The police then searched the house for evidence that her son was involved in the vandalism, such as broken glass, fiber, or blood, but found nothing.
More than two weeks later, officers came to her home again and according to the suit, grabbed and held Forester against her will in front of her house. Forester was not allowed to leave the house unless she removed her shirt and shoes, was patted down, and had a metal detector passed over her.
That same day, Foster claims officers took various belongings from the house that had nothing to do with the case investigations, including cancelled checks, phone bills, sports equipment, trading cards, personal checkbooks, and a watch. None of these items were on the warrant list, Forester said.
The suit also claims that the police knocked over a $7,000 piano, smashed Christmas ornaments, golf trophies, computers, family pictures, guitars, a saxophone, and valuable china, and spilled bleach all over the laundry room. They also put holes in the walls and ceiling.
Among other things, Forester’s lawsuit alleges civil rights violations, intentionally inflicting emotional stress, aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and abuse of process.
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