(CHICAGO TRIBUNE) A federal lawsuit accuses Hammond police of “malice” and “reckless indifference” when they smashed a car window and used a Taser on a passenger during a traffic stop last month.
But Hammond police, in a two-page rebuttal, said they resorted to force only after the passenger repeatedly refused to leave the car and kept reaching toward the back seat, prompting fears he may have had a weapon.
Neither the police statement nor the lawsuit say a gun was found in the car.
