St. Louis, MO — Citing numerous instances of police abuse and overreach against demonstrators who took to public streets and sidewalks to demand justice in the police shooting death of unarmed African American teen Michael Brown and an end to racialized policing, civil rights lawyers filed suit in federal court last night asking a judge to order police to halt the most egregious tactics. “Police acting under authority of Unified Command have engaged in excessive force, and used tear gas and other chemical agents against demonstrators in a manner designed to inflict pain and anguish rather than accomplishing any legitimate law enforcement objective,” said Thomas Harvey, executive director of Arch City Defenders, an organization that has been providing criminal defense to some of the arrested demonstrators. The suit, which seeks a court order barring police from using excessive force and chemical agents to curtail demonstrators’ First and Fourth Amendment rights, alleges that demonstrators are being targeted for punishment, and force used on them in ways that they can’t escape. - fergusonlegaldefense
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:11:42 +0000
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