I'm sorry, but I call bs on this story.
To many holes and exagerations.
If that was me, I would have a law suit, written out and ready to go. with a Mean Joe Green lawyer to boot. If what your saying it completely true, Not only would the BEST Lawyer in town Take your case for free and take a commission out of the win that would most defiantly happen. plus the second that happened. any crap lawyer would have been like "press conference immediately" and this would be a national story in like 5 seconds flat.
the 5th amendment is your god given right, and a cop breaking your right, is a wet dream for a attorney.