What kind of lawyer do I need for a case involving privacy violation, abuse of authority, slander?

[fiacre68]

Today I was arrested (actually just sent to the hospital & car impounded). A policeman went thru my things (car, purse, etc.) I don't have a problem with any of that. Here's my issue:

Inside my purse was an order from my doctor for me to have HIV testing done. While I was inside the ambulance, he came and asked me if I had HIV. I said no, not that I know of. He then went on to describe the paperwork. I told him that these were actually just orders for me to have the testing done, which I haven't gone to do yet.

Once I got home (they didn't keep me in the hospital or put me in jail, just have to get my car out of impound), I spoke to my ex-boyfriend on the phone, and he told me that the police had told him that I was HIV positive. The reason my ex-boyfriend had been called was because I had been pulled over on my way to pick up our son at his apartment which is inside a gated community (this was the issue: why was I inside the gate when I didn't live there?)

I do not blame them for calling the police, sending me to the hospital, and I don't care that I am now prohibited from being on that pretentious nouveau-riche "gated community". But this is what I am enraged about: that cop, who clearly couldn't understand the paperwork I had in my purse since it was for me to have testing, not that I had a positive result. One, what business was it of his anyway if I am HIV positive? And two, how could he have the temerity to tell my ex-boyfriend that? My ex and I are on good terms, and as a result, he spent several hours today very worried about me.

I think there's got to be a legal precedent here. Please tell me there is something I can do. I'll be honest, I don't really like authority figures, but I can admit to my part in the problem. But he was completely out of line. What sort of lawyer might specialize in this? Or perhaps some kind of an advocacy group? I seriously want his badge.

[jerrick]

The aids questions violates your HIPPA rights. Any civil attorney can help with this.

[jorian23]

start off by calling the ACLU