Mental Anguish from Being Falsely Accused of Trespassing
by Gary
(Oceanside, California)
I was accused of committing a crime (trespassing) by someone that then called police. This, even after it was already established by him (the doorman) that my visit to the building I was at was legitimate, and that I was indeed awaiting a taxi that was called for me.
I was outside the building the entire time I awaited the cab. The doorman knew who I was there to see, and even verified said visit. He still called the police. I remained sitting in the same spot I began at 45 minutes earlier. A half hour later, three cops showed up. So, my cab still has not appeared, even after one and a quarter hours. It is 2:45PM.
The police subsequently also accused me of trespassing. They asked me why I didn't leave, and I told them that I was waiting for a cab. They said I should go wait somewhere else, and I asked them how often they call a cab to an address and then go wait for it elsewhere.
Then, a cab showed up, and they took me out of the car (they had me in cuffs in the back seat) and said "Here, we called you a cab." And I said immediately "Are you paying him the $100 for the trip?" And the cop laughed at me.
I said "Well, he isn't going to take me anywhere for free, and I do not have $100 to pay your cabbie." The cop could not understand the fact that my cab was being paid for by others. So they sent that cab off, and then they CLAIMED to call my cab company and re-initiate the cab trip I originally had coming.
They then said "Well, you're trespassing." They then FORCED me to leave the property and go wait next door on a property I had no right to be on, and commit the crimes they claimed I had committed next door at the place I was at with a legitimate reason.
It was a Psych doctor. His receptionist called the cab at 1:15PM. After being severely harassed, I waited next door until about 4:45 PM. Finally I gave up and went up to the sports bar and called a cab.
I did not step across my threshold until 8:15 that evening. The doorman of the building was fully aware of my legitimate presence and had no call to come out and 'declare' me to be a trespasser.
I want damages for the mental anguish, and for the subsequent 'sway' the events had on the doctor I was there to see.
I would add that I was never cited for any of these claimed crimes (trespassing and loitering), and the doctor's evaluation of me was severely convoluted by the "history of events" he retrieved from whatever non-credible source(s) he got the information from.
All this merely from waiting for a taxi. I'm just wondering if there is anything I can do to pursue compensation for the mental anguish this has all caused me. Thanks for any help you can give.
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