A Sussex man is suing Waukesha County Sheriff’s deputies in federal court, claiming he was unlawfully arrested during a traffic stop that the sheriff’s office later determined was illegal.
Napoleon Jones was arrested and jailed for five hours in May after refusing to provide identification to a deputy during a traffic stop. Cell phone video captured the encounter that has now sparked a federal civil rights lawsuit.
The incident began when Jones noticed a Lisbon squad car conducting a traffic stop in Sussex, which he found unusual. Jones parked in a private lot and began recording the stop on his cell phone.
“It just didn’t sit right with me, so I did what I legally could do, and I walked over and recorded it,” Jones said…