Judge allows ACLU lawsuit against Minneapolis police to continue
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit alleging that Minneapolis police used excessive force on protesters in the days after George Floyd's death can move forward in court.
U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson denied motions by the city of Minneapolis and Lt. Bob Kroll, former Minneapolis police union president, to dismiss the suit. The suit, filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-MN) and several law firms, has five plaintiffs: Twin Cities attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, Marques Armstrong, Terry Hempfling, Rachel Clark and Max Fraden.
The court found that the case "plausibly alleges that an unofficial custom regarding the use of unconstitutional force against peaceful protesters existed at the time of the George Floyd protests, and that the custom was either tacitly authorized by municipal policymakers or policymakers were deliberately indifferent to it," according to the ruling.
However, Nelson allowed Minnesota State Patrol Col. Matthew Langer and state Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington to be dropped from the case. The allegations against the patrol did not "plausibly allege constitutional violations," she wrote.
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