{"id":24562,"date":"2015-04-30T15:10:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2015-04-30T15:10:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:10:18","slug":"a-class-action-and-civil-rights-lawsuit-latinos-v-suffolk-county-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24562","title":{"rendered":"A class action and civil rights lawsuit: Latinos v Suffolk County Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit says the Police Department engaged in a widespread pattern of racial discrimination that occurred even while the Justice Department was investigating it for bias.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Latinos, in Class-Action Case, Accuse Suffolk County Police of Bias and Harassment – NYTimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

From today’s New York Times, this case–both a civil rights complaint and a class action one. It would seem to be acutely timely, given what’s being going on around the country, but of course a case like this takes a lot of time to prepare.<\/p>\n

The story by Times reporter Liz Robbins begins:<\/p>\n

Latinos in Suffolk County filed a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday in federal court, accusing the Police Department of engaging in a widespread pattern of racial discrimination, harassment and cover-ups that occurred even while the Justice Department was investigating it for bias, the complaint said.<\/em><\/p>\n

The accusations come amid a national climate of outrage over police practices, and on Long Island there is a sense among the swelling numbers of Latino immigrants that hate crimes and police indifference are something to be feared, if not expected.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking to see that the broken system is restored for every one of us and our families, so that we can once again walk and drive on Suffolk County streets and not be worried that we would be stopped, if for the only reason for the color of our skin,\u201d said Irma Solis, a community organizer with Make the Road New York\u2019s advocacy group on Long Island.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOn another level,\u201d she added, \u201chopefully we\u2019ll be able to create some change to allow for greater police accountability.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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