A Massachusetts woman has sued the city of Chicopee alleging police assaulted her and violated her civil rights during an arrest in 2013.
Maylene Maldonado is suing for $1 million. In the federal court complaint she claims she was shoved against a wall and put in a chokehold after she was brought to the Chicopee Police station. Mayor Richard Kos said he has consulted with the city’s attorney who is reviewing the allegations made in the suit.
" I know you need to ask questions, but it is inappropriate for me to elaborate," Kos said to reporters Tuesday.
Eight current and former Chicopee police officers are named as defendants in the suit. Criminal charges are pending against a veteran police sergeant who claims he acted in self defense when he restrained Maldonado who admitted being drunk and under the influence of the drug PCP.
