Jeremiah Nisbet was attempting to enter a Pace Bus in Harvey Illinois a security guard pushed Jeremiah to force him off the bus and keep him from entering Edward andritis continued to put hands on Jeremiah who then struck the guard in self-defense the guard reached for his weapon and Jeremiah ran away as the police were called to respond the three Harvey police officers who first arrived at the scene placed Jeremiah face down in the street and knelt on his legs and neck pinning him to the ground the officers stood Jeremiah up and began to walk him to the Harvey police department vehicle when the security guard now standing near the officers and the police vehicle struck Jeremiah in the face with a closed fist while he was handcuffed the Harvey police department arrested the security guard Jeremiah filed a lawsuit against the city of Harvey the security company the Pace bus service two of the officers that pinned him to the ground for Fourth Amendment violations and the security guard for assault and battery