assaulted or battered? assault in the civil context of the law is being threatened with force. that s an assault. reporter: ramapo police say they made the stop because they were responding to this 911 call. and i saw a plain chevy navajo impala car with four buying people get out of it and i thought they had bullet-proof vests and shields on the 911 call did not identify you by race. we can only go from the tape that was released by the people that we are suing. reporter: ramapo police referred no one cnn to the city s attorney who says the actions of the police officers involved were reasonable under the circumstances. there was a 911 call indicating suspicious activity. the attorney says the parole officers had not notified the police they would be in town, a