OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl killed last year by a stray bullet is suing two Omaha police officers and the city, accusing the officers of planting drugs in an effort to frame her.
Tabatha Manning filed the lawsuit Monday in Douglas County District Court. In it, Manning details being pulled over on Sept. 17, 2013, and arrested on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for unpaid fines. The arresting officers said they later found a bag containing a small amount of methamphetamine in the police car and determined it was Manning’s.
Manning’s lawsuit says the officers planted the drugs in order to falsely implicate her in a felony. The drug charge was later dropped.
Months after her arrest, Manning’s daughter was struck and killed at her home by a stray bullet.