Imagine this: you park your car in Manhattan. Police approach you after you get out of your car and ask to see your license. After looking at your out-of-state license, police claim that the document is forged. Police arrest you and sign a criminal complaint for Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument. In the criminal complaint, the police officer claims that he has training in forged instruments from the state that issued your license.
That's what happened to a Pennsylvania college student who briefly visited New York--and his license (actually, a leaner permit) was obviously not forged and the police officer (most likely) does not have training in driving documents issued by Pennsylvania. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office dismissed the case.
Civil rights attorneys Henry Bell and Andrew Stengel filed the action False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution Civil Rights Case Xu v. City of New York 18-cv-01222-RA (SDNY). The claims by Xu include false arrest and malicious prosecution, among several others.
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