A D.C. man is suing a Metro Transit Police officer, saying the cop violated his civil right to free speech for arresting him when he spoke up as police threw a friend in a wheelchair to the ground during an arrest last spring.

Lawrence Miller, 33, filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Metro Transit Officer Fred Price. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing him.

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