Three police officers and the City of Cincinnati are being sued after a realtor and his client were held at a gunpoint, handcuffed and questioned while viewing a home in West Price Hill.

The realtor, Jerry Isham, and his client, Anthony Edwards, were viewing a home for sale on Morado Drive on Nov. 17.

According to the lawsuit, a retired police officer, Thomas Branigan, called 911 and reported “two black males forced the front door open.”

Branigan said the house is for sale, but "it's not an open house today... They pulled on the front door and forced it open."

Officers Rose Valentino, David Knox and Dustin Peet responded to the house, the suit says.

Body camera footage shows police approaching the house, seeing people inside and ordering them out.

With her gun drawn, an officer shouted: “Hands up! Tell your friend to come out too. Hands up.”

Both Isham and Edwards came out with their hands up and an officer said they were seen forcing entry.

“They’re just white people calling the g--d--- police,” Edwards said.

An officer responds: “It’s called being a good neighbor when you see someone going into a house.”

Edwards explains Isham is a realtor and they used the key in the lockbox to get inside. Isham is placed in handcuffs “until we can confirm” his job, the officer said.

Then Edwards and one of the male officers exchange words.

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“If we were white, they wouldn’t have done that,” Edwards said.

“Sir, what are you talking about, man. That’s some [unintelligable] s---, you’re talking,” the officer said. “I don’t give a d--- if you’re white or black, we’re doing our job here. Man, this is incredible.”

Edwards is then cuffed and the officer asks if he has anything sharp on him. Both men are patted down and the female officer goes through Isham’s pockets searching for his ID. She finds real estate business cards and his driver’s license.

“If this had been two white guys, you all wouldn’t have went through all this,” Edwards said.

“Yeah, we would. You ride along? You know what we do, huh? You know how we do our job?” the officer asked.

“Now you’re searching him like we got drugs and dope,” Edwards said.

As the officer and Edwards keep talking, the officer said: “Quit playing the race card. That stuff doesn’t fly.”

The footage shows Isham was in handcuffs for about four minutes.

“Sorry about that, sir,” the female officer said. “We can only go by what’s reported to us.”

Cincinnati’s police union president Dan Hils called the situation a “non-story.”

“With the limited amount of information I have on this, it appears the officer followed procedure and protocol,” Hils said. “They were called for a felony in process. They responded appropriately. When the figured out that wasn’t the case, they apologized and let the people go.”

The lawsuit states that pointing a gun at and handcuffing the men was unwarranted and that searching Isham’s pockets, while he was cuffed, was a warrantless search.

The men also say they were held against their will and that seven body camera records which were supposed to be retained by the city were destroyed.

The actions of the officers were the result of “the failure of the City of Cincinnati to properly train members of the Cincinnati Police Department,” the suit states. This demonstrates “a deliberate indifference to the rights, privileges and immunities of those with whom they interact.”

Attorney Chris Finney is representing the Edwards and Isham. The City of Cincinnati does not comment on ongoing litigation.

Media Partner Fox 19 contributed to this story.