I was arrested in 2006. I was 16. The reason? "Being an accomplice to robbing a vehicle." Did we really steal a car? No. The story is that my cousins car was stolen 2-3 months prior to our arrest. My cousin reported the car stolen to the police and the Police said that they'd keep an eye out. Many hours have passed and no word from the police so my cousin lost all his patience and decided to look for the car himself. Within 2 hours he found the car abandoned a few blocks away from his house, with the key still in the ignition, and brought the car back home. [b]He did not notify the police that the car has been found. [/b] Fast forward 3 months. I just got out of doing community service (was required at my school) at a after school center for little kids. I called my cousin for a ride and within 20 minutes he picked me up with his brother sitting in the passenger seat. My cousin noticed that police have been following him so he instructed that his brother and I put our seat belts on. So we're driving back home and turn onto a one-way street and there was a bit of traffic. At that point I hear police officers yelling at us to turn off the vehicle and to open the the windows and put our hands in the air. within 10 seconds this beefy officer opens my door and violently threw me to the ground where I was handcuffed and thrown into a cop car. I sat up to see what was happening to my cousins. I saw the officer look at my cousins ID and registration with a puzzled look on his face. Of course the name on the ID was going to match the registration because it wasn't stolen. Anyways we're taken to the station, put behind bars for the night, waited for my parents to pick me up in the morning. We tried to sue because we were wrongfully imprisoned but nothing went forward. My cousin realized it was his mistake so we let it drop. The bruise on my wrists from the handcuffs stayed for about 2 weeks.