Darian Balcom has filed a civil rights lawsuit naming Pittsburgh police Officer Gabe Figueroa as the person she says arrested her for not being a supporter of President Donald Trump.In her lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh, Balcom claims Figueroa and several other officers responded to a burglary call on Fleming Avenue in the Brighton Heights neighborhood as she removed stray animals from an abandoned house.Balcom took offense at Figueroa allegedly calling her "sweetheart", and upon her objection, saying she probably was not a Trump supporter."He went directly to, 'You probably don't support Trump do you?', and I said, 'No I don't,'" she said.Matthew Grebner says he was with Balcom and says Figueroa referred to her in a disparaging manner. "She's a bleeding heart liberal but you can't sass at the police," Grebner recalled Figueroa as saying. Balcom was arrested minutes later and charged with burglary and trespassing, but those charges were later dropped.Balcom is represented by attorney Margaret Coleman, with the Timothy O'Brien Law Firm."She disagreed with the political beliefs of a police officer and she refused to say she supported Donald trump, and that can't happen in America. And we want to send a message," she said. The city of Pittsburgh will not comment on pending lawsuits.

Darian Balcom has filed a civil rights lawsuit naming Pittsburgh police Officer Gabe Figueroa as the person she says arrested her for not being a supporter of President Donald Trump.

In her lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh, Balcom claims Figueroa and several other officers responded to a burglary call on Fleming Avenue in the Brighton Heights neighborhood as she removed stray animals from an abandoned house.


Balcom took offense at Figueroa allegedly calling her "sweetheart", and upon her objection, saying she probably was not a Trump supporter.

"He went directly to, 'You probably don't support Trump do you?', and I said, 'No I don't,'" she said.

Matthew Grebner says he was with Balcom and says Figueroa referred to her in a disparaging manner. "She's a bleeding heart liberal but you can't sass at the police," Grebner recalled Figueroa as saying.

Balcom was arrested minutes later and charged with burglary and trespassing, but those charges were later dropped.

Balcom is represented by attorney Margaret Coleman, with the Timothy O'Brien Law Firm.

"She disagreed with the political beliefs of a police officer and she refused to say she supported Donald trump, and that can't happen in America. And we want to send a message," she said.

The city of Pittsburgh will not comment on pending lawsuits.