What started as a late-night drive home from work has turned into a looming legal showdown for the City of Hialeah, after a 27-year-old man says a tense traffic stop left him face down on the pavement and now at the center of a civil rights fight.
Alquez Griffin says he was heading home last September when Hialeah police pulled him over at a gas station at East 10th Avenue and Hialeah Drive and forced him to the ground. His attorney, Roderick Vereen, calls the arrest unlawful and says he plans to sue the City of Hialeah after criminal charges against Griffin were dropped. The encounter, captured on body-worn camera, has circulated among neighbors and legal teams.
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