U.S. Air Marshal Suing Local Cops For Excessive Force, Forced To Lay Naked & Handcuffed on Floor-Female Companion Handcuffed In Bed & Verbally Abused

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Leominster Massachusetts Police are being sued by a United States Air Marshal and his girlfriend for allegedly using excessive force on them when the cops entered the pair’s motel room looking for the Air Marshal’s son.

Michael Inman, the U.S. Air Marshal, and his girlfriend, Kelly Consalvo have retained Boston lawyer Stephen B. Hrones to represent them in the $1 million suit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston.

The complaint names as abusive cops Joseph Siciliano and Barry Bouchard, the city and three unidentified cops as defendants.

Attorney Hornes wrote in his compliant that his clients decided to stop at Motel 6 on their way home from the beach July 7, 2008.

About midnight, police knocked on the door and yelled for them to open it. Dressed in only a towel, Mr. Inman cracked open the door to find out why police were there.

According to Mr. Inman, the cops forced their way in with their guns drawn and aimed at him and Ms. Consalvo, threw Mr. Inman to the floor, “dislodging” his towel, and kept the naked Mr. Inman handcuffed for 20 minutes.

“Defendant police officers were made aware that Mr. Inman is a federal air marshal, infact, his badge and gun were clearly visible upon entry by the defendants into the hotel room,” Mr. Hornes said.


Ms. Consalvo was handcuffed while she was in bed and made to sit there at gunpoint, the law suit states.

“Police were verbally abusive to both plaintiffs, calling Mr. Inman a liar and a bad father, and threatening loss of his job as a federal air marshal, and saying that Ms. Consalvo was not a good person,” Mr. Hornes said.

Mr. Inman’s son, who police have a warrant for a minor offence, was not with the couple. Police had followed Mr. Inman a good part of the day and should have known the younger Inman was not traveling with his dad.

Mr. Hornes said his clients sought him out because he specializes in excessive-force cases.

Commentary:
Cops like these need to lose their jobs, get prosecuted and imprisoned, and placed in “general population” in a regular maximum security prison when found guilty of abusing people.

Abusive cops, and the courts that condone their behavior need to be taught the lesson that the people’s rights far outweigh the limited powers of their uniform, badge, gun and gavel.

Its not surprising that more and more abusive cops are being psychically beat down by citizens on a more frequent basis in our society today.

It appears people have lost faith in the court system, which almost always sides with the cops, and have started dispensing their own justice.

Original article by Danielle M . Horn Telegram & Gazette Staff