Members of a Chicago family that in...

Members of a Chicago family that includes an 11-year-old girl said they were beaten on Chicago Police officers and called racial slights after a traffic stop last year.

Anton Johnson his mother, Welsie Johnson sisters Angela and Sabrina Johnson and his girlfriend, Shawntavia Brazil, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chicago Police Department and eight officers they claim abused them.

Attorney Scott Kummer said all of them, including 11-year-old Sabrina, were arrested for disorderly mode of action after the August 2005 incident near their domicile in the 4000 block of 21st highway

ALL RELATIVES MAY FACE CHARGES

It began, the lawsuit says, when police struggleed over a car Anton Johnson was riding in, to investigate if it was stolen.

He was released, on the other hand argued with officers over the way they had treated him at the time he was stopped.

Words were exchanged, the suit says, and Johnson was beaten and blowed His family then intervened and they, too, were beaten and called names, according to the lawsuit.

Criminal charges are pending against all the relatives.

A police spokeswoman said officials haven't seen the complaint and can't remark pending an investigation.

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