The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called attention to abusive and illegal police stops in the nation’s capital and in other cities across the country.
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A video showing an invasive search, that included the groping of a man’s genitals and rear end, is at the center of a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the ACLU, on behalf of the man, WUSA-TV reported.
The lawsuit claimed that District of Columbia Officer Sean Lojacono violated M.B. Cottingham’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by government officers. The ACLU is now calling other people subjected to the same treatment to come forward.
Cottingham, a 39-year-old father, and a few friends were sitting in lawn chairs on a public sidewalk with an open container of alcohol in October 2017. Several officers approached them and asked if they had weapons, which they didn’t.
Lojacono noticed a small bulge in Cottingham’s sock that turned out to be a small bag containing less than an eighth of an ounce of marijuana, a quantity that’s legal to possess in the District of Columbia. Cottingham gave the officers permission to conduct a quick pat down. But it turned out be much more invasive.
“Come on man! Come on man!” Cottingham protested on the video. “He stuck his finger in my crack, man!”
Lojacono put handcuffs on Cottingham and did it a few more times. “Come on man! Stop fingering me, though, bruh!” he stated. The cops didn’t cite any of the men.
At a D.C. Council oversight hearing in June, Police Chief Peter Newsham admitted to lawmakers that the officer’s actions appeared inappropriate, the WUSA-TV reported. He added that the Lojacono was disciplined but still on active duty.
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64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. De'Von Bailey, 19
1 of 642. Eric Logan, 54
2 of 643. Jamarion Robinson, 26
3 of 644. Gregory Hill Jr., 30
4 of 645. JaQuavion Slaton, 20
5 of 646. Ryan Twyman, 24
6 of 647. Brandon Webber, 20
7 of 648. Jimmy Atchison, 21
8 of 649. Willie McCoy, 20
9 of 6410. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
10 of 6411. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
11 of 6412. Jemel Roberson, 26
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17. Ramarley Graham, 18
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18. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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19. Trayvon Martin, 17
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20. Wendell Allen, 20
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21. Kendrec McDade, 19
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22. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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23. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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24. Jordan Baker, 26
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27. Eric Garner, 43
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38. Charly Keunang, 43
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39. Tony Robinson, 19
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40. Walter Scott, 50
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44. Christian Taylor, 19
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50. Alton Sterling, 37
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52. Terrence Sterling, 31
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55. Alfred Olango, 38
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57. Stephon Clark, 22
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60 of 6461. Jonathan Hart, 21
61 of 6462. Maurice Granton, 24
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64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
UPDATED: 9:54 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2019 -- Police shooting and killing Black males is all but a centuries-old American tradition among law enforcement in the U.S. But the fact that this apparent rite of police passage was still thriving in 2019 and expected to continue well into 2020 and beyond should give any American citizen pause as more and more names of Black males continue to be added to a growing list of victims with what seems like a new shooting every week. READ MORE: Police Shootings And The Public Execution Of Black People Other victims' names include, but certainly, aren't limited to: Tamir Rice; Botham Shem Jean; E.J. Bradford; and Michael Brown. As NewsOne continues covering these shootings that so often go ignored by mainstream media, the below running list Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police under suspicious circumstances can serve as a tragic reminder of the danger they face upon being born into a world of hate that branded them as suspects since birth.
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