Nakia Porter Speaks Out About Her Ordeal with Solano County Sheriffs

On September 15, 2021, Nakia Porter at a press conference spoke out publicly about her ordeal with Solano County police. Attorneys for Nakia Porter filed suit in Federal Court in Sacramento in August following an incident on August 6, 2020, where Porter and her father were driving from Oakland to their home in Sacramento. The vehicle was already stopped and in park when approached by Sheriff’s Deputies. She had stopped to take over driving for her father. At the press conference in August, attorney Yasin Almadani explained that Porter, age 33 and weighing all of 125 pound “had done nothing wrong” when she was approached by the deputy and explained that they were simply switching seats. In September, Nakia indicted the entire system. Hear her full comments.