A former Berkeley Technology Academy student and his mother are suing the Berkeley Unified School District and the Berkeley Police Department after a school resource officer allegedly assaulted and falsely arrested the student at Berkeley High School last year.
Filed last Wednesday at the Alameda County Superior Court, the lawsuit claims BUSD and BPD violated the student’s civil rights when the officer detained the student without probable cause, inflicting physical and mental injuries.
The suit alleges the former student — who is Black and was on an Independent Educational Plan at the time of the incident — was denied substantive due process and equal protection under the law on the basis of his race and disability…