‘Stop fingering me bruh’: Lawsuit Against DC Cop Spotlights Abusive Police Stops, Attorney Says
The disgusting stop was caught on video.

Posted July 18, 2018
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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108 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
108 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. Matthew Williams, 35
1 of 1082. Daunte Wright, 20

3. Marvin D. Scott III, 26

4. Kurt Reinhold, 42

5. McHale Rose, 19
5 of 1086. Xzavier Hill, 18
Source:Change.org 6 of 1087. Frederick Cox, 18

8. Patrick Warren Sr.

9. Carl Dorsey III, 39
9 of 10810. Dolal Idd, 23

11. Andre' Hill, 47
11 of 10812. Joshua Feast
12 of 10813. Maurice Gordon

14. Casey Goodson Jr.

15. Rodney Applewhite

16. A.J. Crooms
16 of 10817. Sincere Pierce
17 of 10818. Walter Wallace Jr.
18 of 10819. Marcellis Stinnette, teen killed by police in Waukegan, Illinois

20. Jonathan Price
20 of 10821. Deon Kay
21 of 10822. Daniel Prude
22 of 10823. Damian Daniels
23 of 10824. Dijon Kizzee
24 of 10825. Trayford Pellerin

26. David McAtee
26 of 10827. Natosha “Tony” McDade
27 of 10828. George Floyd
28 of 10829. Yassin Mohamed
29 of 10830. Finan H. Berhe
30 of 10831. Sean Reed

32. Steven Demarco Taylor

33. Ariane McCree

34. Terrance Franklin
34 of 10835. Miles Hall

36. Darius Tarver

37. William Green
37 of 10838. Samuel David Mallard, 19
38 of 10839. Kwame "KK" Jones, 17

40. De’von Bailey, 19
40 of 10841. Christopher Whitfield, 31
41 of 10842. Anthony Hill, 26
42 of 10843. De'Von Bailey, 19
43 of 10844. Eric Logan, 54
44 of 10845. Jamarion Robinson, 26
45 of 10846. Gregory Hill Jr., 30
46 of 10847. JaQuavion Slaton, 20
47 of 10848. Ryan Twyman, 24
48 of 10849. Brandon Webber, 20
49 of 10850. Jimmy Atchison, 21
50 of 10851. Willie McCoy, 20
51 of 10852. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
52 of 10853. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
53 of 10854. Jemel Roberson, 26
Source:false 54 of 10855. DeAndre Ballard, 23
Source:false 55 of 10856. Botham Shem Jean, 26
Source:false 56 of 10857. Antwon Rose Jr., 17
Source:false 57 of 10858. Robert Lawrence White, 41
Source:false 58 of 10859. Anthony Lamar Smith, 24

60. Ramarley Graham, 18

61. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31

62. Trayvon Martin, 17

63. Wendell Allen, 20

64. Kendrec McDade, 19

65. Larry Jackson Jr., 32

66. Jonathan Ferrell, 24

67. Jordan Baker, 26

68. Victor White lll, 22

69. Dontre Hamilton, 31

70. Eric Garner, 43

71. John Crawford lll, 22

72. Michael Brown, 18

73. Ezell Ford, 25

74. Dante Parker, 36

75. Kajieme Powell, 25

76. Laquan McDonald, 17

77. Akai Gurley, 28

78. Tamir Rice, 12

79. Rumain Brisbon, 34

80. Jerame Reid, 36

81. Charly Keunang, 43

82. Tony Robinson, 19

83. Walter Scott, 50

84. Freddie Gray, 25

85. Brendon Glenn, 29

86. Samuel DuBose, 43

87. Christian Taylor, 19

88. Jamar Clark, 24

89. Mario Woods, 26

90. Quintonio LeGrier, 19

91. Gregory Gunn, 58

92. Akiel Denkins, 24

93. Alton Sterling, 37

94. Philando Castile, 32

95. Terrence Sterling, 31

96. Terence Crutcher, 40

97. Keith Lamont Scott, 43

98. Alfred Olango, 38

99. Jordan Edwards, 15

100. Stephon Clark, 22
Source:false 100 of 108101. Danny Ray Thomas, 34
Source:false 101 of 108102. DeJuan Guillory, 27
Source:false 102 of 108103. Patrick Harmon, 50
103 of 108104. Jonathan Hart, 21
104 of 108105. Maurice Granton, 24
105 of 108106. Julius Johnson, 23
106 of 108107. Jamee Johnson, 22

108. Michael Dean, 28

108 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
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