Lawsuit alleges brutality, racial slurs from cops at Ferguson protests
Lawsuit alleges brutality, racial slurs from cops at
Ferguson protests
In this Aug. 16, 2014 file photo, Malik Shabazz,
center, president of Black Lawyers for Justice and former chairman of the New
Black Panther Party, talks with Col. Ron Replogle, left, and Capt. Ron Johnson
during a march with protesters in Ferguson, Mo. / AP Photo/St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, David Carson, Fi
ST. LOUIS —
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that police in Ferguson, Mo., and St.
Louis County used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid
attempts to quell widespread unrest after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old
Michael Brown.
The five plaintiffs in the suit in St. Louis include a
clinical social worker who said she and her 17-year-old son were roughed up and
arrested after not evacuating a McDonald’s quickly enough. They also include a
23-year-old man who said he was shot multiple times with rubber bullets and
called racial slurs by police while walking through the protest zone to his
mother’s home, and a man who said he was arrested for filming the disturbances. Read more >>
Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20140829/NEWS07/308290036/Ferguson-police-shooting-protesters-sue
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