Attorney Matthew Coyte’s indignation over alleged police mistreatment of his clients is almost palpable as he describes events that recently led to a settlement with the city for $150,000.The lawsuits alleged Patricia Silva and her two adult sons, Carlo Villa and Gildardo Villa, were unwillingly drawn into the drama.
Later that day, they were pulled out of their home at gunpoint, thrown to the ground and threatened by snipers in “ninja” outfits, placed in the SWAT team’s tanker-like “Bearcat” vehicle and taken to a park, transferred to a police vehicle and driven to Albuquerque police headquarters for questioning, the lawsuits said.“The real troubling thing about the case is they (police) concealed the fact they ever went there,” Coyte said. “They never filed a police report.”
Coyte’s clients were not charged with a crime and were taken back to their home about an hour later after questioning. But the lawsuit he filed on their behalf claimed that the “brutal arrest,” coupled with officers’ failure to file reports or identify themselves, amounted to actions of “secret police” in violation of the plaintiffs’ constitutional due process rights.http://www.abqjournal.com/329275/new...rongdoing.htmlThe lawsuits claim the family thought police were going to kill them, especially after Silva allegedly heard an officer yell, “move just a little bit, I’d like to splatter your head across the floor.”
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