Incident Parker-v-Loren-et-al

Incident Description

"I'm waiting in parking lot area of the town homes, and an officer arrives," a court complaint (Parker v. Loren et al. Case No. 1:13-cv-00927-AJT-MSN, Document 1, filed 7/31/2013) filed by Antonio D. Parker naming Aimee Scott Loren #333, C. C. Dobson #348, Dana Nielsen, Ryan Merrell, and the Fredericksburg Police Department, and others, reads.

"Officer [John] Doe #338 [Caucasian] male age 25-30 [height] 5"10 weight 185. He didn't ask me any questions or give any commands he deployed his [TASER]. In this area the police are very [aggressive]. He was on edge[, and] he deliberately shot me with his department-issued weapon and panic[k]ed, I had my hands up.

'I asked him why he would draw a weapon on me[,] I didn't do anything[,] he quoted [sic], 'Shut up or I'll f*g tazer [sic] you again.' He cuffed me [and] threw me in the back seat of his cruiser and [abruptly] left the scene... I was not allowed to leave the patrol car [and] I never talked to [the] magistrate. The plaintiff received 16 years for this," Antonio Parker, who is Black, wrote in his complaint filed with Virginia Eastern District Court.