BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge police officer accused in a lawsuit of injuring a suspect and taking part in a strip search at BRPD’s “BRAVE Cave” is asking a federal judge to remove him from the case.
Matthew Wallace says his tripping Jeremy Lee while fearing an escape was accepted police practice — and that Lee acknowledged the maneuver caused “no distinct physical injury.” Further, Wallace’s lawyers wrote in a motion filed Sunday, the officer was not present for a strip search and did not order it.
“Consequently, he cannot be held liable under a theory of personal involvement or bystander liability, as he lacked any reasonable opportunity to intervene,” the lawyers wrote…