Clarksville, TN – A Tennessee woman has filed a lawsuit against the Clarksville Police Department after she was wrongly portrayed as a credit card fraud suspect in a Facebook post, triggering widespread public backlash and emotional distress.
Case Background
Courtney Miller, an Instacart shopper, was inadvertently accused of theft after using a stolen credit card without knowing it was stolen. The civil rights and deliberate indifference lawsuit was filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Miller stated that a surveillance photo of her was first posted on a community Facebook page on March 7, asking the public to help identify the person. Clarksville police later posted the same photo on April 7, captioned:
“HELP IDENTIFY ID THEFT SUSPECT.”…