Court officer beats and chokes man for paying parking ticket with pennies
A Michigan man was beaten and choked because he paid for his $10 parking ticket in pennies.
Anthony Sevy wasn’t happy when he went to pay his parking ticket in February and was told that there would be an additional surcharge on his card. So, in a form of protest, he left and returned with rolls of pennies to pay the ticket.
“He wasn’t happy about it so, in symbolic protest, he brought back penny rolls to pay for his ticket. The clerk wasn’t too happy about that, they refused to allow him to pay with penny rolls,” attorney Jonathan Marco said.
Sevy and the court officer were caught on surveillance video arguing, but things escalated from there, and the officer choked Sevy out.
“As he was leaving the court house with his back to the officer, the court officer began to choke him out, grabbing him, brought him to the ground. Mr. Sevy passed out and defecated himself,” Marco said.
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Sevy was then arrested and thrown in jail. The assault and obstruction charge against him was dropped, though he pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace.
Now, he is suing the Royal Oak court officers.
“I don’t think anyone paying in penny rolls, whether it’s a preferred thing to do for a court clerk, warrants this type of this assaultive behavior and violation of constitutional rights,” Marco said.
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