removed from her car at gunpoint with her underage family members
Gilliam alleges in her lawsuit that officers searched her and the girls at gunpoint without probable cause or evidence of a crime, targeting the family because they were Black. Gilliam was out with her 17-year-old sister, her 6-year-old daughter and two nieces, ages 12 and 14, to get their nails done and venture out for ice cream afterward, the lawsuit says. The family went to a nail salon, only to realize that it was closed, and they were sitting in the parked car looking on Gilliam's phone for another salon.
David Lane, the attorney for Gilliam and the girls, said the suit was the first under Colorado's new civil rights statute, which eliminates qualified immunity for police officers.
Now there is a lesson for all parents. Don't let your kids take their toy guns out with them when you go shopping .
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