In the case of Jesus "Jessie" and Cristela Gomez, the two were driving near their home in the early morning of Oct. 25, 2008, when they were pulled over by Officer Paul Fukuma near Mabury Road and Salt Lake Drive, according to a lawsuit filed on their behalf. The lawyer alleges that the minor traffic violation stop quickly turned violent when Fukuma yanked Jessie Gomez's arms upward and demanded that he stop resisting.

"I'm not resisting," Jessie Gomez yelled, according to the suit. The officer threw Gomez to the ground, banging his face against the pavement and knelt on him, the suit says. He blacked out.Then, Fukuma and another officer picked him up and slammed him face down on the patrol car trunk.

"You're going down, (expletive)," one officer said, according to the suit. Then he tripped the suspect and made him fall face down; the plaintiff was bleeding profusely from his face, the suit alleges.