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POLICE UNDER HEAT AFTER ARRESTING INNOCENT CITIZEN
Officer Munez tells us that he pulled Brighton over for what he thought to be a felony stop. Brighton was on the road with only a few other cars that night. Munez said he began to follow Brighton because, "he was driving perfectly, too perfectly." When he couldn't find a reason to stop Brighton's car, he felt enough was enough.
"I followed the suspect's vehicle for one and a quarter mile while traveling at a top speed of 35 miles per hour, which is the posted speed limit on that particular road. Before I began tailing him, we met eyes and I felt he was driving perfectly because he was hiding something. In my line of work, that's suspicious," said Officer Munez.
Brighton, who feels he was being discriminated, said he wasn't doing anything wrong. "I was just driving home. I was tired, but I never speed. I haven't ever been pulled over before and when the cop told me I was hiding something, I promised him I wasn't. That's when he called for back up."
Officer Munez ran the license plates on the ford ranger and also ran a check on Brighton's ID. They both came back clear. At that point, Munez arrested him.
"Something was just not right. I felt it. My instinct that night told me, go with my instinct," Munez proudly explained.
After spending the remainder of the night in a jail cell, Brighton was released with only a warning.
Brighton's family told us they plan on filing an official complaint with the police department and the mayors office. They feel there was an abuse of power used and backup wasn't necessary.
Sergeant Conley, who is Munez' boss, told us there was nothing to worry about and that after an investigation, they would use proper disciplinary action. Munez, who is a ten year veteran of the department, was in trouble with excessive use of force just six months earlier.
Brighton said he was upset, but he wasn't interested in suing the department.
"I just want an apology... and for him to be fired!"
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