A Maryland man who admitted to hitting a police officer with a stick on Jan. 6, 2021, has sued the officer and the police department in Washington for allegedly violating his constitutional rights.
Officer Kevin Peralta struck David Alan Blair in the head once and elsewhere multiple times. Despite the strikes being illegal, no officers nearby moved to intervene, according to the lawsuit. Instead, several others also struck Blair with their batons and one later falsely reported that no officer hit Blair in the head.
Blair suffered head lacerations and other injuries and experienced severe headaches and memory loss.
The actions by the officers “constituted the use of excessive, unnecessary, and unreasonable force,” the suit states….