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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56 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
56 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. Jimmy Atchison, 21
1 of 562. Willie McCoy, 20
2 of 563. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
3 of 564. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
4 of 565. Jemel Roberson, 26
Source:false 5 of 566. DeAndre Ballard, 23
Source:false 6 of 567. Botham Shem Jean, 26
Source:false 7 of 568. Antwon Rose Jr., 17
Source:false 8 of 569. Robert Lawrence White, 41
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11. Ramarley Graham, 18
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12. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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13. Trayvon Martin, 17
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14. Wendell Allen, 20
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15. Kendrec McDade, 19
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16. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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17. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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18. Jordan Baker, 26
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19. Victor White lll, 22
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20. Dontre Hamilton, 31
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21. Eric Garner, 43
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22. John Crawford lll, 22
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23. Michael Brown, 18
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24. Ezell Ford, 25
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25. Dante Parker, 36
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26. Kajieme Powell, 25
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27. Laquan McDonald, 17
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28. Akai Gurley, 28
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29. Tamir Rice, 12
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30. Rumain Brisbon, 34
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31. Jerame Reid, 36
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32. Charly Keunang, 43
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33. Tony Robinson, 19
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34. Walter Scott, 50
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35. Freddie Gray, 25
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36. Brendon Glenn, 29
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37. Samuel DuBose, 43
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38. Christian Taylor, 19
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39. Jamar Clark, 24
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40. Mario Woods, 26
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41. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
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42. Gregory Gunn, 58
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43. Akiel Denkins, 24
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44. Alton Sterling, 37
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45. Philando Castile, 32
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46. Terrence Sterling, 31
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47. Terence Crutcher, 40
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48. Keith Lamont Scott, 43
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49. Alfred Olango, 38
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50. Jordan Edwards, 15
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51. Stephon Clark, 22
Source:false 51 of 5652. Danny Ray Thomas, 34
Source:false 52 of 5653. DeJuan Guillory, 27
Source:false 53 of 5654. Patrick Harmon, 50
54 of 5655. Jonathan Hart, 21
55 of 5656. Maurice Granton, 24
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The troubling trend of police killing unarmed Black people has shown no signs of letting up, from Tamir Rice to Botham Shem Jean to Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., there appears to be a new shooting every week. See Also: Alabama Cops Never Notified EJ Bradford’s Family After Mistakenly Killing Him, Aunt Says Take a look below at the growing gallery of unarmed Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police.
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