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Raiders defensive back Nate Allen was detained by police in his hometown of Fort Myers, Florida, in February after a girl called 911 to say she saw a man masturbating in a truck. Allen was cleared and police acknowledged they had detained the wrong man, but not until Allen had to go through the embarrassment of news reports saying he was detained in connection with an indecent exposure case.

Now Allen wants to hold the police accountable.

Allen will sue the Fort Myers Police Department, his lawyer told TMZ, saying, “he’s a fighter, and he’s going to stand up for this community and its residents to have a fair shake when they interact with law enforcement.”

The 27-year-old Allen has played his entire five-year career in Philadelphia but signed in Oakland at the start of free agency.