LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A new lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) was filed Wednesday, alleging four officers held four Black men at gunpoint while they were having breakfast together in their car.

The lawsuit, obtained by Spectrum News 1, said the men were between the ages of 19 and 21 and were eating together Feb. 10, 2023, at Burger King on Diann Marie Road in Louisville after their shifts at UPS. 

One minute after they parked their car to eat, four unmarked police vehicles approached them with their lights on "at a high rate of speed," according to the lawsuit. Each officer then exited, with their guns drawn, and told them to "freeze."

Among other questions, the man in the driver's seat was asked about his identification. He then tried asking why they were being held at gunpoint, but the officers allegedly refused to answer.

An officer then "screamed" at his twin brother, asking if he had a gun in his hoodie but repeatedly informed officers he didn't have one. The officers searched the vehicle to find a gun, but there was not one present. 

The lawsuit is seeking damages and reads, "Despite reasonable suspicion, probable cause or the existence of exigent circumstances, the LMPD officers still confined the Plaintiffs at gunpoint to perform an unlawful investigatory search."

An LMPD spokesperson said the department can't discuss the case as litigation is pending but offered the following statement:

"The members of LMPD work diligently to make our city a safer place by providing fair, equitable and constitutional police services to the people of Louisville. The public expects our officers to perform difficult tasks in challenging conditions and maintain a high standard of professionalism. We stand behind those expectations and meet or exceed them daily."