A Northern Kentucky man has filed a lawsuit against the Newport Police Department and Officer Ronald Lulamandier individually in connection with his June 8 arrest in the Academy on 4th apartment complex.
In the lawsuit filed by attorney Robert Thompson, Brandon Rettig accuses the police department and Lulamander of violating his First and Fourth Amendment rights.
Body camera footage shared with WCPO showed officers responding to what appeared to be an assault in the NUL parking lot after midnight.
Rettig said he had called out to the officers from the balcony of his then-girlfriend’s apartment.
“I initially said, ‘Go get ’em boys’ because I actually support the police. Like, I’m a big pro-cop guy,” he said. “I guess I said something after that and they were like, ‘One more thing and you’re going to be next.’ I was like, ‘You can’t do that.’ I was like, ‘Come get me then.'”
Another body camera video from Newport Police shared with WCPO showed three officers did enter the building to confront Rettig.