BOISE, Idaho — On June 28, 2022, Avalon Hardy was arrested on the steps of the Idaho Capitol while counterprotesting an anti-abortion rights celebration.
One year after her arrest, Hardy, 36, of Boise, filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against Idaho State Police troopers alleging multiple civil rights violations.
“Hardy’s new lawsuit seeks compensation for federal civil rights violations, including wrongful arrest and imprisonment, excessive force, malicious prosecution, deliberate fabrication of evidence, and retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights to free speech,” according to a news release from Wrest Collective, the law firm handling her case.