The family has decided to fight back, suing the police for perjury and civil rights violations, claiming the police report about Thomas contained falsehoods. But more unusually they are also suing the Advance newspaper reporter, Maura Grunlund, claiming she cited the allegedly false police report knowing it was incorrect. Leisengang, who the Thomas family alleges harassed them at their home after the charges against Malik were dropped, has been sued in federal court by at least three individuals in connection with misconduct. Parisi, who wrote Thomas’s arrest report, has been sued once in federal court, an assault case the city settled for $50,000. Thomas, meanwhile, says he is trying to move on despite the stigma of being branded a criminal in the town newspaper.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2018 09:56 UTC