BRIDGEPORT — Two young children were traumatized as they watched their parents subjected to excessive force by city police officers, a lawsuit filed Friday claims.
The suit, filed in Superior Court, is more fallout from a case that has focused a spotlight on the city’s police force in recent weeks. A report by the city’s Office of Internal Affairs cited 17 officers for using excessive force and violating Police Department rules and regulations including not being truthful in connection with the case.
While Carmelo Mendez, his sister, Wanda Mendez, and their mother, Sara Mendez, all await the disposition of their criminal cases in connection with the chaotic bust up of a pre-Halloween party in 2017 by dozens of police officers, they have filed a lawsuit against some of the officers involved.
“The chaotic events that followed (the Oct. 21, 2017 incident) involved 46 police officers, unrestrained, gratuitous violence by numerous police officers and an utter failure by veteran and supervisory officers to deescalate the unconstitutional actions of other officers,” the lawsuit states.
It contends the minor plaintiffs, Carmelo Mendez’s 6-year-old son and 12-year-old niece, “witnessed their family, dressed in superhero costumes, being attacked and severely beaten by the police.”
Robert Berke, the lawyer representing the Mendez family, declined comment on the lawsuit. But Carmelo Mendez previously told Hearst Connecticut Media that his son and niece were greatly affected by what they saw.
“My son didn’t want to...
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