civil rights lawsuit
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Appeals Court Finds That Judge Wrongfully Overturned Verdict That Awarded $38 Million to Family of Korryn Gaines
In 2016, Korryn Gaines was fatally shot by Baltimore police after they attempted to enter her home. Her family sued, and after two years in court, a jury eventually rewarded them over $37 million in damages. A judge overturned that verdict last year, arguing that the officer was protected under “qualified immunity.” Now, the Baltimore…
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Parents Sue Minnesota School District Saying It Did Nothing to Protect Their Kids From Rampant Racism
A group of parents have hit their almost lily-white school district with a civil rights lawsuit, charging it turned a blind eye to rampant instances of egregious racist abuse and bullying of their children. According to the Daily Beast, the abusive behavior alleged includes: a 6-year-old black child being punched in the face by a…
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Jazmine Headley, Violently Arrested for Sitting on the Floor of a Human Resources Building, Sues New York City
Her screams were bloodcurdling. Last December, exhausted after a three-hour wait at the Human Resources Administration (HRA) building in Brooklyn, where she’d gone to address an issue with her childcare benefits, Jazmine Headley decided to sit on the floor next to her then-1-year-old son’s stroller. Not long after, HRA staff and NYPD officers demanded she…
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During Police Raid, Chicago Officers Handcuffed an 8-Year-Old Boy, Claiming They Had No Idea He Was a Child
If Chicago police are to be believed, they simply don’t know what a black 8-year-old boy looks like. That’s the defense the department is giving for why it handcuffed a child during an early morning raid by Chicago Police Department and SWAT on a family home on March 15. The raid—one of several local news…
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Woman Violently Arrested After Calling Miami-Dade Police for Help Files Civil Rights Lawsuit
Dyma Loving, a young mother of three who was violently arrested by Miami-Dade officers last month after she called the police for help, will be filing a federal civil rights complaint Wednesday against the county. The announcement was made by Loving’s attorney, Justin Moore, who sent a press release to The Root on Wednesday morning.…
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The Life and Triumphs of Civil-Rights Pioneer Dovey Johnson Roundtree Will Be Immortalized in Upcoming Film
According to the Seymour Tribune, a memoir by the late civil-rights pioneer Dovey Johnson Roundtree will not only be reissued but adapted into an upcoming film. On Monday, Algonquin Books announced plans for a 10th-anniversary edition of Roundtree’s Mighty Justice, due out next November. Originally titled Justice Older Than the Law, it will be co-written…
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Vindication: Jury Awards the Family of Korryn Gaines More Than $37,000,000 in Damages
A Maryland jury has awarded the family of Korryn Gaines more than $37 million in damages in their civil lawsuit against Baltimore County for the death of Gaines, who was shot to death by a police officer in August 2016. The six-woman jury found that both Gaines and her son, Kodi—who was injured during the…
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Family of Autistic Man Whose Therapist Was Shot by North Miami Police Files Lawsuit Against City, Police Officers
The family of a man with autism, whose therapist was shot by a North Miami cop, is slapping the city of North Miami and four local police officers with a lawsuit, claiming that their loved one’s civil rights were violated in the aftermath of the shooting. According to CBS Miami, it was only on Monday,…
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Dad of Alfred Olango Files Lawsuit Against El Cajon, Calif., Cops in Son’s Death
The father of Alfred Olango, Richard Olango Abuka, filed a civil rights lawsuit in San Diego federal court earlier this week, accusing El Cajon, Calif., police of using excessive, deadly force against his son, who was shot and killed during an encounter last year, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. According to the report, the…