What began as a simple trip to drop off his roommate at the airport in the summer of 2016 ended in a nearly two-year legal nightmare for one Utah man — and now he’s suing the police officer who he says was the driving force behind it.
That August morning, Lopeti Misinale was flagged down by a police officer doing traffic enforcement, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court. The Unified police officer mistook his car for another that had made an illegal U-turn — and the officer yelled at him to pull over, striking his hand and arm against Misinale’s Audi A-4, breaking the passenger-side mirror.