Civics: Video captured by a secret police spy plane is now part of a civil rights lawsuit against West Allis police officers

Bruce Vielmetti:

A violent arrest of an unarmed man in West Allis — made possible by a secret police spy plane with night vision — is now the subject of a civil rights lawsuit on claims of excessive force.

Reynaldo Narvaez, 22, drove away from police early one morning in 2018 and thought he’d lost them when he parked the car in an alley and walked away.

But police were waiting for him, at rifle point. According to Narvaez, he was then beaten, stomped and Tased, despite immediately raising his hands and kneeling after the first command to do so. The attacks left him unconscious and he was taken to a hospital.

The same aerial surveillance that led police to Narvaez recorded his arrest, video that could become key evidence if the case ever goes to a ju