JaneQPublik
Junior Member
AZ
I recently went to a bar with friends, when we left I was just buzzed enough I did not want to risk driving home. I got into the back seat of my car and fell asleep. I woke up to the police opening my car door and searching my car. I told them they did not have permission to do that and asked for my property back. (They had taken my keys). They said they called a cab and wanted me to leave my car. I said I did not want to leave my car but I finally agreed but asked them for their name and badge numbers. They said I could read it on my arrest record. They pulled me out of my car, handcuffed me and threw me in their car. They later returned and said that I was under a citizen’s arrest for criminal trespass.
I am not too happy about this obviously...my question is do I have any recourse against the police or the bar?
I recently went to a bar with friends, when we left I was just buzzed enough I did not want to risk driving home. I got into the back seat of my car and fell asleep. I woke up to the police opening my car door and searching my car. I told them they did not have permission to do that and asked for my property back. (They had taken my keys). They said they called a cab and wanted me to leave my car. I said I did not want to leave my car but I finally agreed but asked them for their name and badge numbers. They said I could read it on my arrest record. They pulled me out of my car, handcuffed me and threw me in their car. They later returned and said that I was under a citizen’s arrest for criminal trespass.
I am not too happy about this obviously...my question is do I have any recourse against the police or the bar?
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