A couple has filed a lawsuit claiming they were 'battered and bruised' by police while celebrating a birthday at a hotel in San Jose, California, last year. Marissa Santa Cruz and Paea Tukuafu were marking the former's 22nd birthday on May 18, 2019, when, according to a federal civil rights
A couple has filed a lawsuit claiming they were"battered and bruised" by police while celebrating a birthday at a hotel in San Jose, California, last year.
"It was brutal, definitely brutal. I don't think we did anything to deserve the way how we were treated," Tukuafu told San Francisco ABC station KGO, which just obtained body camera footage of the incident. The couple was transported by ambulance to the hospital for evaluation of"serious" injuries before being booked and spending the night in jail," according to the complaint. No criminal charges were filed.
An attorney for the city of San Jose didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.
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