bearkat42
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Accused of a cover-up, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and four of his deputies are named as co-defendants in a federal civil rights lawsuit -- and it all started with a FOX6 investigation that garnered national attention. A sober driver was arrested for drunk driving in February of 2013 -- and she's still fighting back.
When a Sheriff's deputy T-boned her car last year, Tanya Weyker suffered more than a broken neck. She suffered the indignity of a false arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Now, she has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Ms. Weyker's constitutional rights were violated very severely," Chicago lawyer, Jon Erickson said.
With Weyker standing silently at his side, Erickson on Tuesday, July 8th announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and four of his deputies.
"The Sheriff is responsible," Erickson said.
Video from an airport surveillance camera eventually proved that Deputy Quiles never stopped before turning onto Howell Avenue -- as he claimed in his report.
The Sheriff's Office knew about the video two days after the crash, but the drunk driving case continued for 10 months before a prosecutor finally decided to file formal charges.
"A video that exonerated Ms. Weyker was sat on for months and months until the good work of FOX 6," Erickson said.
The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Sheriff Clarke, Deputy Quiles and three other deputies of engaging in a cover-up of Deputy Quiles' role in causing the crash by falsely arresting Weyker for driving while intoxicated.
It accuses Sheriff Clarke of having a "de facto policy" of concealing and suppressing officer misconduct through what the lawsuit terms a "code of silence."
http://fox6now.com/2014/07/07/fox6-...g-federal-suit-against-sheriff-clarke-others/
When a Sheriff's deputy T-boned her car last year, Tanya Weyker suffered more than a broken neck. She suffered the indignity of a false arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Now, she has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Ms. Weyker's constitutional rights were violated very severely," Chicago lawyer, Jon Erickson said.
With Weyker standing silently at his side, Erickson on Tuesday, July 8th announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and four of his deputies.
"The Sheriff is responsible," Erickson said.
Video from an airport surveillance camera eventually proved that Deputy Quiles never stopped before turning onto Howell Avenue -- as he claimed in his report.
The Sheriff's Office knew about the video two days after the crash, but the drunk driving case continued for 10 months before a prosecutor finally decided to file formal charges.
"A video that exonerated Ms. Weyker was sat on for months and months until the good work of FOX 6," Erickson said.
The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Sheriff Clarke, Deputy Quiles and three other deputies of engaging in a cover-up of Deputy Quiles' role in causing the crash by falsely arresting Weyker for driving while intoxicated.
It accuses Sheriff Clarke of having a "de facto policy" of concealing and suppressing officer misconduct through what the lawsuit terms a "code of silence."
http://fox6now.com/2014/07/07/fox6-...g-federal-suit-against-sheriff-clarke-others/
