![]() Washington’s concerns, one STPSO employee grumbled, “that’s what’s wrong with y’all people, you want to complain every time something doesn’t go your way,” in an apparent reference to Black Americans, and then stated that he would never write up one of his deputies. Lane attempted to file a misconduct complaint against the deputies, only to be repeatedly turned away. Washington, which was later dropped by a prosecutor. Washington was going to make the traffic stop “go a different way than it has to be.” After 20 minutes of harassment, a deputy issued an unsubstantiated traffic citation to Mr. Washington said he knew his rights under the law, Deputy Alexander Thomas threatened that Mr. Lane, both Black men, and subjected both men to pat-down searches. Tammany Sheriff deputies followed, stopped, and interrogated Mr. Tammany Police Department against Black community members. Perkins’, similarly arises out of a racially motivated traffic stop that resulted in his unlawful search and harassment, indicative of the well-documented and pervasive culture of racial prejudice and discrimination within the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office also refuses to accept responsibility for its misconduct in this case, choosing instead to ask the Fifth Circuit to overturn that ruling as well. Perkins’ son, a minor, helplessly recorded the brutal arrest. Perkins, a Black woman, and mother, forcing her face into the pavement and digging their knees into her back and legs. On March 5, 2020, officers violently seized Ms. Teliah Perkins, given the significant evidence showing violations of multiple constitutional rights. Vitter, held that the deputies were not entitled to qualified immunity on the excessive force and First Amendment claims brought by Ms. In denying the bulk of the officers’ motion for summary judgment, the District Court there, the Honorable Wendy B. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office in Perkins v. This ruling comes on the heels of another successful Justice Lab challenge to the qualified immunity doctrine brought against the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking to overturn this ruling at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.” Rather than do the right thing and come to the table in earnest, the St. We achieved a major victory for our client in defeating qualified immunity here, but the battle is far from over. “As we approach the third anniversary of the killing of George Floyd and the launch of our Justice Lab program, ending this obscure, judge-made legal doctrine with no basis in statutory law is critical. “For decades, qualified immunity – which functions as near absolute immunity – has shielded police officers and other government employees from being held responsible for all sorts of malfeasance,” said Nora Ahmed, ACLU of Louisiana legal director. Tammany Deputy Alexander Thomas in the civil rights lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Linklaters on behalf of Bruce Washington and Gregory Lane. ![]() Africk denied a Motion for Summary Judgement brought by St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office (STPSO) for racially profiling and harassing an unarmed Black man. Louisiana State Police is named for conduct that the suit says has "been present for at least a decade and has been implicitly endorsed by Louisiana State Police (“LSP”) troopers and officials"īrown and the ACLU of Louisiana are asking for an apology from the deputies as well as damages compensating Brown for his physical and emotional harms, including but not limited to compensatory, pecuniary and medical expense damages, punitive damages for defendants’ conduct and reasonable attorneys’ fees.Linklaters and The ACLU of Louisiana have defeated qualified immunity, an enormous legal challenge, in a lawsuit against the St. 'Pain compliance': Video shows Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling Black man Our communities of color can no longer suffer from this ongoing government-sanctioned violence and the terror it instills in the Black community.” ![]() LSP has proven it remains incapable of upholding its duty to protect and serve and has no respect for Louisianan's constitutional rights. That conduct has unfortunately been present for decades and has been implicitly endorsed by Louisiana State Police troopers and officials - the very force that initiated Mr. Brown’s attack is consistent with an extensive history of violence and police brutality committed by members of Louisiana law enforcement.
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