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Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …
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United States of America v. Louisville Metro/Jefferson County Government

3:24-cv-00722 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2024

Case Ongoing

On April 26, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it had opened a pattern and practice investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) to assess: all use of force, with a particular focus on use of force against individuals with behavioral health disabilities or individuals engaged in activities protected by the First Amendment; discriminatory practices in conducting stops, searches, seizures, and arrests; department policies, training, and supervision; and LMPD account…
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DOJ Investigation of Minneapolis Police Department

No Docket | No Court

On April 21, 2021, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). According to Garland, the investigation, initiated under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was to examine whether the City and MPD violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, …
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Sankofa v. Rose

2:21-cv-11468 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 23, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the unlawful traffic stop of two African American residents of Detroit who were racially profiled and subject to an unreasonable search and seizure.  On June 23, 2021, two African American residents of Detroit filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued four employees of the Michigan State Police under 42 USC § 1983. Represented by the ACLU Fund of Michigan, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as w…
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Black Love Resists in the Rust v. City of Buffalo

1:18-cv-00719 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: June 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

On June 28, 2018, Black Love Resists in the Rust and four individual plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of Buffalo under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of their rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment, and under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, and the Wester…
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DOJ Investigation of the Lexington Police Department and the City of Lexington, Mississippi

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This is a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pattern and practice investigation of the City of Lexington, Mississippi and its police department. The investigation was announced on November 8, 2023. Lexington is a small town near the Mississippi Delta with a population of about 1,200. Its population is about 1,200 people (76% Black and 22% white) with a median income of roughly $39,000, which is half the national average. The LPD made the national news in July 2022 when a former LPD officer leaked…
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Danks v. Grayson

2:21-cv-01806 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2024

This case stems from an alleged incident of police misconduct that occurred during a traffic stop in October 2020. The plaintiff was riding in the passenger seat of a car driven by her brother when the car was pulled over by the police in Kenner, Louisiana. The plaintiff alleged that despite posing no threat and offering no resistance, officers violently removed her from the vehicle, threw her to the ground, and then stepped on her back. Eventually, officers arrested the plaintiff on charges of…
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Wattson v. Town of Brookside, Alabama

2:21-cv-00649 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 7, 2021

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges the Town of Brookside, Alabama's (the "Town") practice of seizing vehicles and other personal property. Plaintiff, a resident of Jefferson County, Alabama filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Town on May 7, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Four months prior, plaintiff had loaned his car to a friend; while his friend was driving the car, she was pulled over by officers of the Brookside Police Department (the "Department…
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Coleman v. Brookside

2:22-cv-00423 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 4, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit challenging a small town’s practice of over-policing to generate revenue through fines and fees. On April 4, 2022, a group of individuals whom the Brookside police detained in traffic stops filed this complaint and motion for class certification in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Town of Brookside, Alabama, Jett's Towing, and three Brookside police officers in their individual capacities, seeking redress for Fo…
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Wilkins v. City of Chicago

1:23-cv-04072 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 26, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) alleged pattern and practice of race-based and discriminatory police practices in traffic stops conducted since 2016. On June 26, 2023, five plaintiffs who had been repeatedly stopped by CPD officers, on what they claimed was limited suspicion, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs alleged unlawful race and national origin discrimination in violation of …