Silvester Hayes alleged in a federal lawsuit that officers Holly Harris, Walter Paul Guab and about eight others kicked, punched and tased him, and dislocated...
In a federal lawsuit, the south Oak Cliff man alleges the wrongful arrest and excessive force spurred a downward spiral in his life.
According to the lawsuit, Hayes gave the officers his driver’s license, and Harris “erroneously” told Guab that Hayes was a wanted man without checking his license on the computer in her police cruiser. Guab didn’t verify the information, and instead “marched” to Hayes’ driver’s side window and, without explanation, reached inside to open the door, the lawsuit says.
Hayes said he had his life in order before the charges were filed — his bills were on auto-pay and his kids “didn’t want for anything.” But after the charges, he said he lost his security job, and for over a year struggled to find another. He lost his car and home and had to stay with relatives. The kids went to live with their mother.
“What am I being detained for?” he yells moments later and someone replies, “a family violence warrant.” An officer opens the back of a police cruiser and officers tell him to get in the car. Hayes continues to stand outside the car and says police are hurting him as at least four officers surround him.
A different officer zip-ties Hayes’ ankles. Hayes nearly collapses as officers stand him up, then says “I can’t even get up, man.” An officer replies, “Get in the f—ing car.”he gave the officers his license and registration without fuss to avoid escalation. He added he thought about the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and other “countless times” where Black men get “shot down in cold blood for nothing.
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