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Ingram v. County of Wayne

2:20-cv-10288 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 4, 2020, three Michigan residents whose vehicles were seized and impounded by police filed this putative class action lawsuit against Wayne County in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by the public interest organization Institute for Justice and private counsel, sued under 42 U.S.C. §1983. They contended that Wayne County's civil forfeiture practices led to unconstitutional vehicle seizures. They sought declaratory, injunctive,…
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Collins v. City of Milwaukee

2:17-cv-00234 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs, ACLU national and the ACLU of Wisconsin, along with Covington & Burling attorneys, filed this class action alleging that the Milwaukee Police Department's (MPD) stop-and-frisk policies were unconstitutional. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on February 22, 2017. The complaint alleged under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that Milwaukee's stop-and-frisk policies violated the Fourth Amendment's search and seizure protections as well as the Fourteent…
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DOJ Investigation of Charleston Police Department

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On March 31, 1999, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Charleston Police Department of West Virginia after allegations that the Street Crimes Unit engaged in racial profiling and improper searches. The DOJ recommended several changes to the police department, including updating its use-of-force policy and separating the internal affairs department to allow it to operate more independently. The DOJ subsequently issued a letter citing significant improvement within the poli…
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Providence Youth Student Movement v. Elorza

1:19-cv-00378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Closed Date: March 10, 2020

On July 16, 2019, the Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) filed this lawsuit in in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs sued the mayor of Providence, the public safety commissioner of Providence, the chief of police, and the city’s treasurer for violations of municipal code and the Rhode Island Constitution in relation to a racially discriminatory policing project. PrYSM is a youth organization based in Providence’s Southeast Asian community, and it cla…
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Overbey v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

1:17-cv-01793 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 19, 2021

On June 29, 2017, the Baltimore Brew (a media organization) and an individual who had previously settled a suit against the Baltimore Police filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They sued the City of Baltimore and its police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Represented by the ACLU of Maryland and private counsel, the plaintiffs sought an injunction, declaratory relief, and damages, claiming that the City’s use of gag orders in police brutality settlem…
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DOJ Investigation of Tulsa Police Department

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On February 8, 2001, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Tulsa Police Department after a Black Tulsa police officer filed a lawsuit alleging discriminatory treatment against officers. That class-action suit resulted in a consent decree in May 2003 which required officers to record and report stop-and-arrest data and report uses of force.  The DOJ investigation was purportedly focused on allegations of excessive use of force and discriminatory policing. The DOJ did not fil…
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DOJ Investigation of New York City Police Department (Southern District)

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On March 17, 1999, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Southern District of the New York Police Department after police shot and killed the unarmed Guinean man Amadou Diallo. The state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer also opened an investigation into the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices. The DOJ did not file a complaint and the case was closed on March 31, 2005.
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DOJ Investigation of Eastpointe Police Department

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On March 20, 1998, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Eastpointe Police Department of Michigan after a private lawsuit was filed against the police for racially profiling young Black boys riding bikes in this region of metro Detroit. The plaintiffs did not prevail in that private suit, but the ACLU filed a subsequent suit alleging similar abuses and reached a $160,000 settlement with the police department.
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R.C. v. City of New York

153739/2018 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: April 24, 2018

Case Ongoing

Under New York law, records must be sealed from cases where the prosecutor declined to pursue charges, the charges were later dismissed, or the allegations were disproven in court. On April 24, 2018, three plaintiffs brought a class action suit in New York state court against the city of New York and New York City Police Department Commissioner challenging the use of the sealed records. The plaintiffs alleged that New York Police Department (NYPD) policy and practice allowed the use of informat…
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Pitney v. City of Chester

2:19-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case was strip-searched after being arrested for a minor offense. He was not suspected of possessing drugs or weapons, and he was ultimately not charged with any crime, but the City of Chester's policy allowed police to conduct strip searches on anyone they arrested. In this lawsuit, filed by private counsel on February 25, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiff named the City of Chester and three police officers as defenda…