A McKeesport man is suing Homestead police after he said he was attacked by their police dog outside Eon Bar & Grill last year and then targeted with a trumped-up arrest.
Bryant Maurice Boyd Jr. filed the lawsuit in federal court on Feb. 28. In addition to the police department, it names as defendants Homestead Borough, Officer Darnell Coles, who was the K-9 handler, and Eon.
The lawsuit includes claims for unconstitutional seizure and arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution, assault and battery and negligence…