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The details are very sketch and for good reason as the case is pending. With so many people attending it really doesn’t surprise me that this came up. As usual the article appears to make the church out to be the at fault but if you read the article the man leaves a lot of questions that he doesn’t answer. I don’t expect this to go far.

 A Louisville man has filed a lawsuit against Southeast Christian Church, the Louisville Metro Police Department and an off-duty officer who was working security for the church last year, claiming the officer used excessive force while removing the man from church property.

It is the second lawsuit in the past six months filed against Southeast alleging assault by off-duty officers working security for the church.

In August, a Louisville couple filed a lawsuit against Southeast and two corrections officers who direct traffic for the church, claiming the officers “assaulted and battered” the pair during a stop after a church service. That case is pending in federal court.

The latest lawsuit, filed by Martin Buckminster, claims he had an appointment to see a marriage counselor at Southeast on Feb. 12, 2007, when an off-duty Louisville Metro Police officer was alerted and asked him to leave the church and “never set foot” on the property again.

Buckminster, who filed the lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court, claims the officer grabbed him and led him to the parking lot. When Buckminster asked to see the officer’s identification, the officer cursed him and slammed Buckminster against a patrol car, striking him with his knee, according to the suit.

The lawsuit claims the Louisville Metro Police Department did not properly train the officer.

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