According to The Root,
A New Jersey woman has filed a $25 million lawsuit alleging that a police officer forced her to have sex with him after he reportedly caught her shoplifting.
According to the South Jersey Times, Shakera Brown, 22, claims that Bridgeton, N.J., Police Officer Braheme Days caught her shoplifting at a Rite Aid pharmacy in January 2014. Days allegedly offered her an ultimatum: Brown could be arrested and charged for her alleged crime or they could “handle this in an adult manner,” according to the lawsuit viewed by the newspaper.
Brown claims that for the next 11 months, the officer harassed her, demanding sex acts, including having sex with him inside his patrol car, all the while threatening her with jail if she did not agree.
According to the lawsuit viewed by the Times, Brown reluctantly gave the officer her number, and the next day he reportedly called, demanding that Brown walk to his patrol car. She claims that he demanded a sex act she initially refused, but with which she complied after being threatened with jail time. A few days later, the officer reportedly gave Brown a prepaid cellphone that she claims he used to call and harass her.
Since 2012, Days has had some nine complaints lodged against him, but, the newspaper reports, all have been dismissed because of “lack of probable cause.”
Court records viewed by the newspaper show that Brown has a history of shoplifting.
I wonder, what made her finally come out about Officer Days 11 months after his inappropriate behavior started? Cops who abuse their power like this, should really be placed under the jail.