Black Colwyn (PA) Cop files suit against Darby police who Assaulted him after making an Arrest

From [HERE] A COLWYN COP claims in a federal civil-rights lawsuit that officers from neighboring Darby Borough, including the police chief, assaulted him and called him racially derogatory names because he aided a man who was beaten there. The March 18, 2011, incident was captured on video by a civilian, and although much of the action is obscured by a vehicle, an officer can be heard repeatedly yelling, "Get the f--- out of Darby!" Colwyn Officer Clinton Craddock said he was in a marked car in Colwyn when a woman flagged him down and told him a man had been assaulted and was unconscious two blocks away, according to the suit.

Craddock claims he went to the scene, in Darby, and held the assailant until Darby police arrived.

He claims he was sitting with one leg out of his cruiser when Darby police Chief Robert Smythe arrived and began yelling at him not to enter the town again. Craddock, who is black, claims that Smythe, who is white, called him a racially derogatory name and then slammed his car door on his leg. According to the suit, Craddock believes the treatment he received was because of his race. He claims that as a result he's suffered pain, humiliation, a twitching eye, shakes and hair loss. He is suing for monetary damages.

A Darby resident videotaped the incident from [HERE] a second-floor window overlooking the scene, and the recording was uploaded to YouTube. The suit claims the defendants violated Craddock’s constitutional rights, defamed him, assaulted him and intentionally inflicted emotional distress.

Craddock is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and requested a trial by jury.