Peter O. ZierleinWell, that settles that. Last fall I reported on a case said to be the first of its kind in St. Louis in which a police officer filed a lawsuit against a person charged with filing a false internal affairs complaint. As I wrote back in November, south city resident Cassandra Harris accused police officer Michael Haman of having sex and doing cocaine in a bathroom while he worked a secondary security job at Johnny Gitto's restaurant. More specifically, Harris told police in a mes
Okay, so that headline ain't exactly a direct quote. But it's more or less what Cassandra (a.k.a. Cassidy) Harris is saying in a video apology to St. Louis police officer Michael Haman. Haman sued Harris last year after she filed a false report claiming Haman was acting naughty while working as a security guard at Johnny Gitto's restaurant. Haman's lawsuit is thought to be the first time a city cop has sued someone for filing a false complaint against an officer. The case settled last week with
