Not sure what the suing involves. Here in MA you can take out an application for a criminal complaint and have a hearing. If everyone who has been abused by police did this there would be no time on the court schedule for conviction of many, many non-violent passive "crimes" that now backlog the court system. Also giving up rights by plea bargaining is rampant. Everyone should go with a trial by jury. It will soon become clear that the system needs to change when cops are in the docket more often then an alleged criminal. Accepting a lesser charge and opting out of the trial by jury is how the process is sidestepped.