I'd like to hear what you deem an offense suitable to sue an officer. Did you get a baton up your ass without lube? Give us a few stories. I'd love to hear this.
I cant get into all the things I have gone to war over...but I will tell you the BEST one.
Involved a traffic cop who thought he was the shit-wrote a ticket for wearing a setbelt the wrong way and started getting mouthy-then there were a few harsh words traded back and forth and the cop decided he was going to tow the car-which he did.
Long story short-filed a federal lawsuit-number of claims-tied the cop up in civil court for 2 years and ran the City's legal bill up to $200K.
Didnt win, but the goal was never to win (although it is always nice), it is to cause financial pain, hardship and in general be a pain on the ass. The City could have bought 10 new cop cars, repaved 100 streets, or done a host of other things with that money. But instead it was wasted because they had a stupid cop being a jerk-and then had the tables flipped on them.
The cop and the City were livid, and they kept saying "He's making a federal case out of a seat belt ticket".....lol....... fucking great case.
If you get a baton up the ass, or anywhere else, that is a major case-assuming you were not fighting the cop.