"How can he file charges against the officers, and not against the person whose criminal theft sparked what happened?"
He said the family planned to file lawsuits against the city and the officers.
Three complaints of police brutality were filed yesterday against the officers involved, the police said.
He has filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against Newark, its police department and the officers involved.
He filed a $10 million lawsuit against the officers that is still pending.
She said she planned to file a civil damage suit against the officers who arrested her.
Two civil suits have also been filed against the officers.
Not once have criminal charges been filed against the officers.
In only 30 percent of these cases, mostly from 1994 to 1997, were any charges filed against the officers by the department.
But that review will not begin, police officials said, until federal officials decide whether to file new criminal charges against the officers.
