LAWLESSNESS IN AMERICA:
NIGERIAN born Naturalized United States Citizen, BOLAJI TUBO Handcuffed for Inspecting Newly Acquired Home, wins $300,000 lawsuit against Police
*Visited building to view damage done to mansion he bought earlier
*Jury found Prince George’s County police officers Sean Tunstall and Daniel Black liable for battery, false arrest and false imprisonment
*Supreme Court makes it easier to sue police over wrongful arrests
*“During the interaction with the officers, Tubo failed to show official documentation proving the home was his and that police had legal justification to detain him for refusing to leave the property”-Attorney for Prince George’s County
*BY TIM KAYODE/SPECIAL Crime Correspondent, Maryland & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
HIS NAMES are BOLAJI TUBO, a very influential and rich Nigerian born Naturalized American entrepreneur who went to inspect his new home in Maryland. Police handcuffed him for trespassing. This was inside his newly renovated mansion.
Tubo won $300,000 in a lawsuit against Prince George’s County over his being handcuffed by police when he went to inspect damage at a home he had bought.
Bolaji Tubo won $300,000 in a lawsuit against Prince George’s County over his being handcuffed by police when he went to inspect damage at a home he had bought. The Prince George’s County Courthouse complex in Upper Marlboro.
The jury found Prince George’s County police officers Sean Tunstall and Daniel Black liable for battery, false arrest and false imprisonment. Tunstall was also found liable for assault. Tunstall, Black and another officer, Jeremy George, were found liable for violating Tubo’s state constitutional rights.
The Supreme Court makes it easier to sue police over wrongful arrests. An attorney representing the county at trial asserted that during the interaction with the officers, Tubo failed to show official documentation proving the home was his and that police had legal justification to detain him for refusing to leave the property, according to post-trial motions.
Tubo had purchased the house in October 2019. According to online court records, the previous owner had been foreclosed.
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