Washington police were searching for a white man with gray hair suspected of murder driving a stolen SUV – when they spotted a Black man with an afro driving with his family in their SUV and determined he “matched the description.”

Without warning, the Spokane police officers first rammed Kershawn Grigsby’s car with a patrol car to force it to stop, then several cops surrounded the SUV with their guns drawn, yanking doors open as they terrorized an innocent family, threatening to kill the 40-year-old father.

“The children screamed, believing they would watch their father die — or die themselves,” states the lawsuit filed by Grigsby in federal court on October 8.

“They told Mr. Grigsby’s children he was wanted for murder, handcuffed him at gunpoint, and searched the family car without co

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