Temple student sues over arrest for photojournalism class assignment

Temple student sues over arrest for photojournalism class assignment: A Temple University student is suing a pair of Philadelphia police officers over a two-year-old incident in which the student says he was mistreated, falsely arrested and prevented from practicing journalism.

On a whim one evening in March 2012, Temple film and media arts major Ian Van Kuyk snapped photos of police pulling over a neighbor’s car near his apartment in South Philadelphia. The pictures were part of a “night-photography assignment” he was completing for a photojournalism course.