Personal Update on my previous blog entry
I submitted a horrific street harassment incident that occurred with me several months ago on this blog. I was harassed by an off duty plainclothes officer in a grocery store located Largo, MD, who pulled a firearm on me and my brother unannouced when my brother questioned questioned his hostility towards me.
This officer works for the DC Forensics Scienced department in Washington, D.C. and his name is Tirik Davis , badge #3296. I would have liked to pursue taking legal action against the DC police department for allowing this individual to not face repercussions for his actions but the statute of limitation has ran out for that option.
I am now looking into suing Tirik Davis for intentional infliction of emotional distress because my whole lifestyle has changed since he threatened my life by pulling a firearm on me. I believe this was done on purpose to make me think that we were going to be injured. That is a crime and I don’t know how sucessful I will be in suing him but I am going to go through all the procedures that are available to me.
And to think that the DC police department would sweep an incident like this under the rug when we could have been seriously injured is beyond me. They did not blink an eye or see any error in a male who took an oath as a police officer to come into a store (when he’s not working) , harass a woman he doesn’t know and then follow up by pulling a gun on her and her 16-year old brother? And then tell some story anout he HE felt threatened?
No woman or person should enter a store to grocery shop and then exit by running for their life believing that thay are going to be murdered. It should never happen.
– Anonymous
Location: Largo, MD
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Val says
I don’t have any legal advice, but you should contact a local news agency about your story. I’m serious. This is a pretty terrible abortion of justice and the fact that this man is allowed to continue on in his job as though this didn’t occur is downright terrifying. There must be an “On Your Side” type thing that would be interested in reporting this. This man is dangerous and the public needs to be alerted.
Alan says
this is awful. I am so sorry the incident happened to you and then to add insult to injury, to think that the police did nothing about this! I would pursue the lawsuit if you have the energy. check your homeowners/renters insurance, it possible you have coverage to help with the cost of a lawsuit of this nature.
Beckie says
I agree with Val. And go for it. Good for you. I hope this case makes the news everywhere!
Nigerian Sista says
Hello to everyone I am actually the woman who wrote the story. I want to thank everyone for their kind words. I can’t explain the feeling of being harassed for no valid reason and then having you’re life threatened with a firearm. Then on top of that being told by the police department that your attacker did nothing wrong, was within his rights to do what he did, and that you are actually the one at fault. I recall the Tirik Davis’s Lt.,Lt. Michelle Milam saying, ‘I think you need to own up to your in culpability this’. When I got off the phone with her I could literally hear her smiling through the phone. All I did was try to grocery shop and all my brother did was try to defend/protect me. There were even inconsistencies with their investigation (one moment they had one eyewitness,later there were multiple and when I confronted them about this I was told it was a mistake). I will pursue taking Tirik Davis to court personally (it’s too late to sue the DC police department for negligence) because my life hasn’t been the same since and everytime I step out of the house I’m in doubt about just how SAFE I am.
Anon says
This is the OP, I have another update on the incident, it seems as if I’m going to have a harder time taking this to court. I just recieved the police report and it’s filled with fabrications. Tirik Davis #3296 of MPDC told Prince Goerge’s County police that I said things to him that I never said and conveniently left out yelling and following me in the store. I have never had such an awful experience with police officers and wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anyone else. This is a tragedy that the PG police would take the statements of an officer who already showed strange behavior problems in a grocery store. I just don’t know what to do anymore. Things have been set up so that he will get away with his actions.