Family of a man crushed at an Atlanta homeless encampment sues the city
The lawsuit filed by Cornelius Taylor's sister and son alleges that city employees failed to look to see if there was anyone inside the tents in the encampment before using a bulldozer to clear it. Taylor, 46, was inside one of the tents and was crushed by the truck when his tent was flattened, the lawsuit says.
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MORE: 4th detainee who escaped from New Jersey ICE facility located in Los Angeles: FBI Since then, farmers, business owners and immigrant advocacy groups have, like the mayor, said that many residents have been afraid to leave their homes for fear of deportation, affecting the workforce, food supply and the culture of the city. Bass said that the restaurant the interview took place in, located in the predominantly Latino Boyle Heights neighborhood of east Los Angeles, was typically bustling. But now, it — and the neighborhood overall — can feel like a ghost town. 'It's not just the deportation. It's the fear that sets in when raids occur, when people are snatched off the street,' Bass said. "Even people who are here legally, even people who are U.S. Citizens, have been detained. Immigrants who have their papers and were showing up for their annual immigration appointment were detained when they showed up doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing." 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Kentucky Trooper Sued After Arresting Mother
Read the full story on The Auto Wire A mother of three has sued a Kentucky trooper after he arrested her for allegedly interfering in a traffic stop. While that sounds bad, bodycam footage of the incident calls into question the trooper's woman was at home one night with her children when she noticed flashing lights through her window. Looking outside, she saw her mother had pulled into the driveway and a Kentucky State Police cruiser with its emergency lights active was behind her vehicle. The trooper initiated the traffic stop for what he alleged were expired tags on the elderly woman's minivan. When the mother of three stepped out and explained her relationship, the trooper condescendingly told her to go back inside the house. But the woman went inside, grabbed her phone, and stepped back out to record what was going on. The bodycam footage seems to indicate she was standing quite a distance from the trooper, maybe a hundred feet. That's when the trooper marched up to her and arrested the woman, saying he was taking her away from her children. She was charged with interfering in government business and resisting arrest. However, those charges were dismissed in court for a lack of probable cause, reports LEX18. We've seen people truly interfere with traffic stops before and it doesn't look anything like this. We've also seen cops on power trips, thinking they can arrest anyone that even slightly annoys them. There should be consequences for doing that sort of thing. The real icing on the cake is that the children, who were 2, 7, and 10 at the time were just left home alone, the trooper not making any arrangements for them. That's crazy. The young mother is not only suing the trooper but also his supervisor for violations of her First and Fourth Amendment rights, battery, malicious prosecution, false arrest, and emotional distress. Image via LEX18/YouTube Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
