A Rochester police officer lied about having probable cause and falsely arrested a man during an unlawful traffic stop, a federal jury has found. The man, Devin Johnson, spent more than a year in Monroe County Jail before the charges against him were dismissed by a judge.
A federal jury on Feb. 6 awarded Johnson $375,000 in compensatory damages and ordered the city to cover his legal costs related to the 2019 case.
The man’s attorney, Elliot Shields, said Rochester police surveilled and targeted Johnson “because he was driving a nice car in their patrol area.”…