Alameda County deputies handcuffed a Black family in a Starbucks parking lot when the mother refused to show her ID. A jury awarded the family over $8 million.
They made an early morning stop in Castro Valley, Calif., where Loggervale pulled into a Starbucks parking lot. She and her daughters planned to use the bathroom and get coffee before driving the final 30 minutes to Berkeley.In a confrontation captured on body-camera footage, the deputy, Steven Holland, told Loggervale that he was investigating car break-ins in the area. He then asked to see Loggervale’s identification. Loggervale refused.
The parking lot confrontation derailed what should have been a celebratory week for the Loggervales, Peters said. The family had planned a road trip, stopping first in the Bay Area to allow Loggervale’s older daughter, then 19, to complete her exam before traveling down to the San Diego area to celebrate her younger daughter’s upcoming 18th birthday at Legoland.
In Holland’s body-camera footage, he can be heard telling Loggervale that there had been several car break-ins at the parking lot on previous mornings before asking what the family was doing. Loggervale said they were visiting Starbucks after having driven through the night.Holland then asked to see Loggervale’s ID. Loggervale asked why. When Holland said she had no choice, Loggervale told her daughter to start recording Holland on her phone.
“Okay, everyone in this car is detained,” Holland can be heard telling Loggervale’s daughter. “You can go back in the car and wait, or you can go in handcuffs and go in my car.”Holland then opened Loggervale’s door and grabbed her arm while ordering her out of the car, video shows. Loggervale complied and told her daughters to stay calm. Officers handcuffed all three family members and placed them in patrol vehicles, then searched Loggervale’s car before eventually releasing the family.
Even if the Loggervales matched the description of the suspects, that wouldn’t have been enough justification to detain them, Peters said. In testimony, an Alameda County officer confirmed that a similar scenario in the department’s racial-profiling training instructs officers that observing a loitering individual who matches the age and race of a suspect is not sufficient evidence to detain them.
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