Bryan v. City of Philadelphia

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Bryan filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Police Department, some of its officers, the Philadelphia District Attorney Office, the Philadelphia District Attorney, and various Assistant District Attorneys violated his civil rights in conjunction with a 2022 arrest and 2023 prosecution. According to Bryan, during his arrest the arresting officer pinned him to a truck, threw him to the ground, tased him, and never read him Miranda rights. The arresting officer manipulated body camera footage using artificial intelligence, body camera footage for all other on-scene officers was also altered, dash camera footage went “missing,” and footage that played in court was altered to remove scenes. Philadelphia police officers covered up this misconduct and conspired with attorneys at the District Attorney’s Office to falsely charge Bryan. The District Attorney, Larry Krasner, approved the charges despite knowing that video footage and the police report were fabricated. An Assistant District Attorney forced him to answer questions regarding the fabricated footage and report. His counsel’s requests for original body camera footage and footage from surrounding video cameras were denied in violation of Brady v. Maryland, undermining his ability to put on an adequate defense.

Authorities cited in the passage: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 · Brady v. Maryland · Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994)