He was later released to his mother and cited for battery against a police officer and resisting officers.Sacramento attorney Mark T. Harris said he is considering a lawsuit on behalf of the youth and his mother against the city, the security guard, and an employee at a nearby restaurant who he said also helped detain the boy.Harris heads the Sacramento office of a national civil rights legal firm that also represents the family of Stephon Clark. "To a certain extent, police were victims of this themselves," he said. Sacramento police are being sued over the detention last year of a 12-year-old African American boy who had a bag placed over his head after The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Sacramento, identifies the boy as “I.B.” and alleges he was the victim of excessive force, false arrest, battery and other violations of his rights when he was stopped April 28, 2019, near Del Paso Boulevard and El Camino Avenue in North Sacramento.At the time, the boy was running from a private security guard and had been stopped by a Wienerschnitzel fast food worker when police arrived. He repeatedly curses and shouts that he can't breathe after he is handcuffed and placed face down on the ground, and police pull the mask over his head. Police have said the boy then spit at an officer’s face multiple times, prompting them to place a mesh spit mask over his face while bystanders recorded video.Video of the incident was posted on the Sacramento Black Lives Matter Facebook page and sparked outrage after going viral.“Yeah, I spit on you all,” the boy is seen saying in one video as an officer wipes her cheek. "They didn't know what was going on. "The officer should have de-escalated the hostilities," Harris said. All market data delayed 20 minutes. the officer replies.Police said they spotted the boy running away from a security guard and helped detain the youth April 28. “How do you like that s---?”Sign up for one of our many newsletters to be the first to know when big news breaksThe department released body cam footage of the incident and Chief Daniel Hahn released a statement saying the officers “involved in this incident appropriately used The practice of using spit masks is still use, the department said Wednesday, which also said it does not comment on pending litigation.The suit, filed by prominent Woodland Hills attorney Dale Galipo, also names the security company and Wienerschnitzel owner and was filed on behalf of the boy and his mother.To support vital, local reporting like the coronavirus coverage, please sign up for a digital subscription to sacbee.comAirbnb says it will pursue legal action against a guest who rented one of its listings to throw an illicit party, which ended with three people wounded. Sacramento police are being sued over the detention last year of a 12-year-old African American boy who had a bag placed over his head after he allegedly spit at an officer.. Moreover, he said police should have removed the mask after the boy's mother arrived and asked that it be removed because her son has respiratory issues.