A suspected bank robber has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the FBI, the city of Denver and its police department accusing of false arrest, excessive force and malicious prosecution.
Steve Talley said,"I had a normal life and now all of a sudden I'm homeless and I look like this. “ Talley had been the focus after he was arrested twice for a bank robbery where charges were later dismissed.
Talley has been represented by the same New York firm that won $40 million for the teens, known as the Central Park Five. The teens falsely arrested for a 1989 Central Park rape case made national news.
Talley has been homeless for the past two years and he blamed Denver police.
Talley’s legal troubles began in September 2014 after he was arrested for a pair of bank robberies.
Denver detectives arrested him based on surveillance video that appeared to show the same suspect robbing two banks, four months apart.
His federal lawsuit for wrongful arrest, obtained by the Problem Solvers, sais that police didn't exactly go easy on him when they picked him up for allegedly robbing two banks in May 2014.
Talley said, "I have the fractured penis. That's a permanent injury. They told me I need reconstructive surgery the four broken ribs. I have tinnitus from flash bang grenades. The knocked out teeth."
Talley was also accused of assaulting a police officer. In the video, the suspect was seen struggling with the bank guard before he gets away.
Police said that Talley was the same man who robbed a second bank four months later, after his ex-wife said that she recognized him in both videos.
By Prakriti Neogi