Oak Park woman to sue Detroit Police, A&E over raid that included flash grenade, reality TV crew

first-48-detroit.jpgA promotion for A&E's "The First 48"

Carla Wallace says she was sleeping on March 2 when Detroit police officers tossed a flash-bang grenade through her window and entered her Oak Park home.

They were followed by a reality television crew, she claims, which filmed her wearing only underwear.

Detroit Police Spokesman John Roach

officers were seeking a man suspected of a double slaying in Detroit.  He wasn't found at Wallace's home but was arrested two weeks later in Gardena, Calif.

Wallace

this week for information on the raid and damages, alleging the city failed to comply with the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

However, her legal challenges won't be ending there.

Wallace is seeking the information with plans to sue the Detroit Police Department and the A&E television network, contending officers used unnecessary force by detonating the flash grenades for the benefit of film crew.

The initial suit filed Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court alleges the film crew was working on "The First 48," the same show allegedly present when a Detroit officer

during a raid on her family's east side home.

In the wake of Aiyana's death, U.S. Rep. John Conyers called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate "

" by local law enforcement agencies around the country, and Mayor Dave Bing responded to the tragedy by

from accompanying police on raids.

Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger is

in a separate civil suit against the City of Detroit.

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