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Created: April 05, 2021 08:30 AM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC)- A federal class-action civil rights lawsuit was filed by several groups Monday, and it s suing the Rochester Police Department, several top local leaders, as well as a number of named and unnamed police officers. The 96-page filing was issued by a number of law firms, as well activists and protestors from organizations like Free the People Roc. The lawsuit spans decades of allegations of excessive force by the department, with a timeline starting with police responses to the Daniel Prude protests starting in September 2020. There is a pattern and practice in the RPD of using excessive force to suppress demonstrations against the RPD’s racist policing practices, the lawsuit claims. ....
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Ahmaud Arbery’s mother files civil rights lawsuit on anniversary of his death By Reuters - 24 February 2021 A portrait of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed young Black man shot and killed after being chased by a white former law enforcement officer and his son, is pictured during a candle light vigil to mark the one year anniversary of his death, at New Springfield Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Georgia, US on February 23, 2021. Image: REUTERS/ DUSTIN CHAMBERS The mother of Ahmaud Arbery filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday against the three men accused of killing her son, a Black man who was chased down and shot dead as he jogged through his Georgia neighbourhood. ....