In this lawsuit against Colorado Springs police officers and the 科罗拉多斯普林斯市, the ACLU of Colorado charged that two Black clients, 瑞安和本杰明·布朗, were victims of the police department’s “custom and practice” of engaging in racially-biased policing and carrying out groundless, 出于种族动机的拦截和搜查.
The Brown brothers were driving just a block away from their home in a predominantly white neighborhood when they were pulled over by Colorado Springs police.
A taser-wielding officer ordered Benjamin Brown, the driver, out of the car. 他被戴上了手铐, 无故搜查, and detained in the back of a police vehicle, 尽管他一直很合作, 没有发现武器或违禁品, and there was no evidence to suggest that he had been involved in a crime.
瑞恩•布朗 开始用手机录下这次会面. His repeated requests for the officers to identify the reason for the stop were ignored. Officers worked together to force him out of the car, push him to the ground face-down in the snow, 搜索他, 给他戴上手铐, 一直被枪指着.
The officers dragging 瑞恩•布朗 out of the car said he was not under arrest and they were just checking him for weapons. 没有发现武器. Officers grabbed Ryan’s phone and threw it in the snow. 然后，他们以“妨碍公务”为由传唤瑞安.”
瑞恩•布朗 immediately filed a citizen complaint, and ACLU lawyers won dismissal of the obstruction charge.
Ryan收到了 简短的样板信 stating that police had conducted a “complete and thorough” investigation into the incident and concluded that the officers’ conduct was 正当的，合法的，恰当的.”
The lawsuit asserts that Colorado Springs police have an il法律 custom and practice of : “(1) engaging in racial profiling at the initial stop of individuals; (2) searching them without reasonable suspicion that they are armed or dangerous; and (3) unnecessarily detaining them for extended periods of time in an effort to build some basis for arrest.”
更新: In a settlement, Colorado Springs paid $212,000 to compensate the ACLU’s clients. The police department also agreed to numerous improvements and revisions to its policies relating to pat-down searches and persons recording police activities. I
sbobet篮球新闻稿:
- “ACLU will represent two Colorado Springs men victimized by racially-biased policing,” sbobet篮球新闻稿，2015年5月5日
- “ACLU questions exoneration of Colorado Springs officers, demands Internal Affairs records related to racially-biased traffic stop,” sbobet篮球新闻稿，2015年6月24日
- “ACLU wins dismissal of criminal charges against 瑞恩•布朗, renews call for internal affairs records related to racially-biased traffic stop,” sbobet篮球新闻稿，2015年9月25日
- “ACLU lawsuit challenges racially biased policing in Colorado Springs,” sbobet篮球新闻发布，2016年10月12日
- “科罗拉多州rado Springs pays $212K to settle ACLU racial profiling suit,” ACLU新闻稿，2017年4月20日
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“ACLU: Video, police report raise questions about validity of Colorado Springs traffic stop,” 公报，2015年5月3日
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“VIDEO: Is this a case of racial profiling?,” Fox 5, 2015年5月4日
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“ACLU: 2 black men in Colorado Springs victims of police racial bias,” 《sbobet篮球》，2015年5月5日
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“Police look into video that ACLU calls racial profiling,” CBS新闻，2015年5月4日
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“瑞恩•布朗 Video: Racial Profiling Over Cracked Windshield, ACLU Says,” 西部世界，2015年5月6日
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“Police look into video that ACLU calls racial profiling,” 每日邮报，2015年5月5日
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“ACLU accuses Colorado Springs police of racial profiling,” 9新闻，2015年5月6日
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“Officer cleared in videotaped traffic stop,” 9新闻，2015年6月24日
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“ACLU Questions Investigation Of Colorado Springs Traffic Stop,” CPR新闻，2015年6月24日
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“科罗拉多州rado police say no 'racial profiling' in traffic stop video,” 基督教科学箴言报，2015年6月24日
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“科罗拉多州rado Springs police deny requests for internal affairs report on traffic stop,” 公报，2015年7月10日
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“科罗拉多州. police deny requests for internal affairs report on traffic stop,” 警察1,2015年7月10日
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“科罗拉多州rado Springs police to investigate officers involved in ACLU complaint,” 公报，2015年7月15日
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“瑞恩•布朗 Cleared, But ACLU Wants Cops to Justify On-Video Face-Planting,” 西部世界，2015年9月30日
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“Fellow cop says officer may have escalated Springs stop,” 美联社新闻，2015年10月9日
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“sbobet篮球对交通拦截提起诉讼，” 11新闻，2016年10月12日
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“科罗拉多州rado Springs police accused of racial profiling after video comes to light,” 《sbobet篮球》2016年10月12日报道
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“ACLU files racial profiling suit in Colorado Springs traffic stop,” 落基山PBS, 2016年10月14日
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“ACLU claims CSPD practices racial profiling in lawsuit against city of Colorado Springs, 3人员,” 公报，2016年10月12日
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“ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Traffic Stop With 2 Black Men,” CBS新闻，2016年10月14日
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“科罗拉多州rado Springs, police agree to pay $212,000 to settle racial profiling lawsuit,” 公报，2017年4月20日
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“City to pay $212K to settle lawsuit over racial profiling,” 11新闻，2017年4月20日
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“ACLU, Colorado Springs agree to settlement on racial profiling lawsuit,” 《sbobet篮球》2017年4月20日报道
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“This case motivated the ACLU of Colorado to develop an app to record the police,” KOAA新闻，2019年2月17日
