James Napier
Former Detroit Police narcotics cop James Napier, who reportedly killed himself last month while under FBI investigation in a corruption probe, is the subject of a federal lawsuit in Detroit, the Metro Times reports.
Ryan Felton of the Metro Times reports that the lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Napier and several other officers, who were part of the now-defunct Detroit Police narcotics unit, unlawfully seized marijuana plants from a Warren grower.
The Metro Times reports:
Timothy and Hatema Davis, of Warren, say members of the Detroit Police Department's now-disbanded narcotics unit forcibly entered their home in December 2013 with assault rifles drawn, demanded to know if they had any money, and seized nearly fifty marijuana plants, according to the complaint. Timothy Davis was legally licensed to operate a marijuana grow facility, the complaint says.
Napier had been under investigation by the FBI and Detroit Police Internal Affairs as part of a corruption probe into the disbanded narcotics unit.
