Mushmouth
05-12-2017, 01:29 PM
Khadafy and Quinnetta Manning are among those suing the sheriff’s department in Madison County, claiming the department used unconstitutional checkpoints, unlawful searches of homes, and excessive force as part of what they call “a coordinated top-down program” to illegally target black residents.
The lawsuit, filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, seeks a court order to stop the sheriff’s department from using such tactics. It also asks that a civilian board review complaints against the department. Ten black residents — men and women ages 27 to 62 — are plaintiffs in the case.
Some black residents are so afraid of being pulled over or stopped at a checkpoint that they avoid leaving their homes, the lawsuit says.
“In effect the policing program has placed the Black community of Madison County under a permanent state of siege,” the lawsuit states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/09/black-people-in-a-mississippi-county-are-under-a-permanent-state-of-siege-according-to-an-aclu-lawsuit/?utm_term=.7a6475af766a
The lawsuit, filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, seeks a court order to stop the sheriff’s department from using such tactics. It also asks that a civilian board review complaints against the department. Ten black residents — men and women ages 27 to 62 — are plaintiffs in the case.
Some black residents are so afraid of being pulled over or stopped at a checkpoint that they avoid leaving their homes, the lawsuit says.
“In effect the policing program has placed the Black community of Madison County under a permanent state of siege,” the lawsuit states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/09/black-people-in-a-mississippi-county-are-under-a-permanent-state-of-siege-according-to-an-aclu-lawsuit/?utm_term=.7a6475af766a