Georgia Police Sued for Arrest and Assault of Man Biking While Brown
source: http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/georgia_police_sued_for_arrest_and_assault_of_man_bi...
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Biking while brown isn't a crime, but that doesn't mean that law enforcement officials don't treat it that way. That's why the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Immigration Project, and civil rights attorney Brian Spears are suing two Georgia police officers for racial profiling in the unlawful stop, arrest, and assault of Angel Francisco Castro Torres.
Torres riding his bicycle, minding his own business, when the two police officers noticed that he looked Latino and thus pulled him over to question his immigration status, by their own admission. Although Torres was unarmed and posed no threat to the officers, he was beaten up in the course of the arrest, sustaining severe damage to his nose and eye that required surgery to repair. The officers thought they could get away with the assault by quickly bringing Torres to jail, where a 287(g) agreement with the federal government resulted in him being sent to immigration detention, despite the fact that all criminal charges against him were dropped and he was only picked up in the first place was a violation of his civil rights.
Torres riding his bicycle, minding his own business, when the two police officers noticed that he looked Latino and thus pulled him over to question his immigration status, by their own admission. Although Torres was unarmed and posed no threat to the officers, he was beaten up in the course of the arrest, sustaining severe damage to his nose and eye that required surgery to repair. The officers thought they could get away with the assault by quickly bringing Torres to jail, where a 287(g) agreement with the federal government resulted in him being sent to immigration detention, despite the fact that all criminal charges against him were dropped and he was only picked up in the first place was a violation of his civil rights.
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- groups:
- Community, Crooked Cops, police brutality
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- tags:
- Racism, Immigration, Latino, Hispanic, 1 more
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bclasen
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Sure it sucks he got the shit beaten out of him for no reason.....but i must ask....no mention of whether or not he is a citizen?
- 1 year ago
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bclasen
