REDMOND, Wash. — Redmond police officers surrounded the home of Thor Andrews Sr. on an August afternoon, moving quickly toward him in his driveway before placing him in handcuffs. Drone footage captured by the department shows the encounter lasting only seconds before Andrews is restrained.

But officers had the wrong man.

According to police records, the arrest stemmed from an alert generated by a Flock Safety license plate reader nearby in Redmond. The system had flagged Andrews’s silver 2012 Ford Fusion as being “associated” with his son, who shares his name and was wanted on a felony warrant.

The vehicle, however, is registered to Andrews Senior, not his son. And records show Redmond police were aware of that detail.

“They hurt my shoulder, hurt my elbow, my wrists,” Andrews said in

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