A 22-year-old woman from Millburn is suing the New York City police department after an officer allegedly peeked inside her bra and shorts during a search on a Brooklyn, N.Y. street last year, NJ.com reported.

Samantha Rosenbaum said she was returning to her internship at a vegan clothing store in Wiliamsburg July 17, 2012, when she stopped to look at a kitten. A plainclothes police officer ordered her to stand still, then emerged from an unmarked car followed by another female police officer when Rosenbaum—who said she did not know they were police—tried to walk away.

Rosenbaum claims the officers slammed her against their car and asked her if she were in possession of drugs, threatening to take her to the station if she failed to cooperate.