"After Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) was broadsided by an SUV near the Capitol in May, Sacramento police interviewed the 37-year-old lawmaker for hours at a Kaiser Permanente hospital before citing her on suspicion of driving under the influence. Prosecutors declined to file charges after the toxicology results of a blood test revealed no " measurable amount of alcohol or drugs.""
"In an 11-page filing Monday, Cervantes alleged that officers had retaliated against her over a bill that would sharply curtail how police can store data gathered by automated license plate readers, a proposal opposed by more than a dozen law enforcement agencies. The filing also alleges that the police treated Cervantes, who is gay and Latina, differently than the white woman driver who ran a stop sign and broadsided her car."
Sen. Sabrina Cervantes was broadsided near the Capitol in May and was interviewed for hours by Sacramento police at a Kaiser Permanente hospital before being cited on suspicion of driving under the influence. Prosecutors declined to file charges after a blood toxicology test detected no measurable alcohol or drugs. Cervantes filed an 11-page claim alleging officers retaliated over proposed limits on automated license-plate reader data storage and that police treated her differently because she is gay and Latina. Cervantes is a first-year senator who chairs the Senate elections committee and says she did nothing wrong.
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