Woman sues following Chicago police drag her from automobile by hair

A woman who says she was yanked by her hair from a automobile by Chicago police through a May well encounter at a browsing mall has submitted a federal lawsuit towards the city

CHICAGO — A girl who suggests she was yanked by her hair from a vehicle by Chicago police through a browsing shopping mall face has filed a federal lawsuit versus the metropolis.

Mia Wright, 25, and four family members associates assert their civil rights were being violated and asserts the Could confrontation left her blind in one particular eye from flying glass prompted by law enforcement breaking the windows of the car to get to its travellers.

“During this assault, Mia Wright could not breathe and was in paralyzing panic as her encounter and neck have been smashed versus the concrete floor,” says the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Courtroom in Chicago.

The incident happened in the course of unrest in Chicago and around the nation pursuing the Minneapolis law enforcement killing of George Floyd. Police reported they ended up responding to studies of looting at the mall when they arrived across a auto containing Wright and other folks.

Officers reported they suspected the people today in the car or truck were there to “disturb the peace.” But Wright has reported she and other folks in the car or truck were being at the shopping mall to shop for a birthday party and did not realize it had been shut since of the unrest.

The lawsuit claims online video shows two Chicago law enforcement officers huddling and talking right before strolling to Wright’s automobile and pulling her out of the car though other officers hurled profanities at her. 1 officer pressed his knee into Wright’s back as she lay susceptible on the floor.

Two officers have been relieved of their responsibilities though the Civilian Office of Police Accountability investigates the scenario.

Chicago’s Law Office said Wednesday it hasn’t been served with a copy of the lawsuit and could not remark. The Chicago Law enforcement Division also declined to remark.