WARREN — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit against several Warren police officers and the city on behalf of a family alleging a man’s rights were violated.

Early on Dec. 13, 2022, Warren police stopped Christopher Gibson. According to his mother, Alwanda Gibson, he had spent the night before with her cousin, who had cancer.

In a video released by the ACLU, Warren officers tell Christopher Gibson to relax. They place him in handcuffs as he says he’s worried about his family.

A press release from the Warren Police Department states the department received a 911 call reporting suspicious behavior.

The video then cuts to Christopher Gibson in the back of a police car, where he states, “I was (expletive) going through it.”

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