A lesbian couple filed a federal suit against the New York Police Department for ruining their nuptials, when they pulled the couple over and allegedly made anti-gay remarks.
Sacoya Tolbert, 27, and Krista McCrea, 35, say they were returning to Brooklyn from Connecticut, where they obtained a marriage license, in June 2011.
Cops pulled the couple over in Flatbush, the Daily News reported.
The driver of the car, a friend of couple’s, didn’t have documents for the vehicle. NYPD then arrested the driver, McCrea, and Tolbert. During the arrest, a cop allegedly told Tolbert to dump her wife and find a “good-looking man” to marry.
Cops in New York ruined an engaged couple’s wedding plans when they falsely arrested the women and sowed discontent between them with lies, a federal lawsuit contends.
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