It started over a phone call to police that probably should never have been made – a Black girl calling police, possibly for help, only for them to show up and arrest her.
Then, when her older sister, Toi-Allyson Kolowena, tried to record the arrest, four Ohio cops pounced on her, arresting her on fabricated charges, leaving her with permanent injuries.
Earlier this month, the Dayton City Council approved a $27,500 settlement for Kolowena, a 34-year-old Black woman from Ohio, according to the Dayton Daily News.
The incident took place at around 9:50 p.m. on April 23, 2022, after Kolowena’s little sister called police, according to Kolowena’s complaint, which does not identify the sister’s name nor elaborate on the nature of her call or the reason for her arrest…