Thursday, September 7, 2017

Black Lives Matter Lawsuit Against Buffalo Police Alleges Discrimination



Black Lives Matter-Buffalo and a coalition of Buffalo residents announced Tuesday that they have filed a federal lawsuit against the Buffalo Police Department alleging racial discrimination.

They are also asking the state attorney general to investigate the police department, accusing the agency of engaging in a "repeated, persistent and widespread pattern of unconstitutional policing" that targets people of color, in a letter to that office.

The groups asked the Attorney General's Office to investigate the police department in a separate complaint that accuses Buffalo police of discriminating against people of color through enforcement policies — particularly "zero tolerance" campaigns announced in 2006 and 2012.

Anji Malhotra, co-author of a study released by the University at Buffalo and Cornell law schools based on two years of research into Buffalo Police Department policing practices, joined other activists Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to call for action to be taken against what they called discriminatory policing practices.

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Source: The Buffalo News (via The Empire Report) 

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