PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia and its cops are alleged to have caused thousands of dollars in damages while causing a homeowner emotional distress as they pointlessly searched for nephew.
A lawsuit was filed Feb. 5 against the City of Philadelphia and several of its police and parole officers by Earlene Moses-Farrare, a resident of the city. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Moses-Farrare alleges that the individual defendants forcibly entered her home at 6 a.m. on Feb. 17, 2022, to arrest an individual who was not present. That person is her nephew.
She says officers held her at gunpoint and damaged her property. She also claims that the city failed to enforce a policy or training that could have prevented these violations of her rights and that she had told her nephew's parole officer that he did not live with her.
Damage done to three doors and a banister cost her $4,735, the suit says, plus she suffered emotional distress.
"Plaintiff has suffered disability, mental anguish, humiliation, and emotional distress and will continue to suffer same for an indefinite time in the future to her great detriment and loss," the suit says.
Renae Axelrod and Jason Parris of Abramson & Denenberg represent the plaintiff.