VERNON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is suing the city of Vernon and
the local police department months after a jury acquitted him of attempted
murder.
The Tuscaloosa News reports (http://bit.ly/YwatPY ) Jamison Carr
filed a civil lawsuit last week in federal court saying he was falsely arrested
and his civil rights were violated. He's seeking $1 million in compensation.
A jury found Carr not guilty of attempted murder and second-degree
assault last October. Police had arrested him at a car wash in February 2012
after a confrontation with another man.
The lawsuit says a police officer wrote in an arrest report that
Carr said of the man, "I tried to run over him because I wanted to kill
him," but the officer later testified in court that wasn't true.