What to Do When the Police Assault You or Someone You Know

• Call the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement or one of the organizations listed at the end of the packet to get support and more detailed advice. 

• Get a lawyer who does this type of work. This attorney should

• Get copies of medical records (medical doctor, pathologist) to look at records before they are altered, in order to assess the nature of the injury and determine how it was sustained (for instance, blunt-force trauma is easily identified by a professional.)
• Secure an Investigator to review witnesses at the scene who may have been intimidated by the police.

• File a complaint with CCRB and/or Internal affairs

• After a wrongful death or assault, time is of the essence.  You must move rapidly in order to gather as much original evidence as possible for both a criminal case and a future civil rights case against the police. Pictures are essential while the person is first brought to the hospital.  Get  pictures of the face and the entire body, focusing on injuries, wounds, bruises, etc.