Asian-American teen sues police department in Fort Lee, NJ for racist mistreatment.Trigger warning:
Asian-American teen sues police department in Fort Lee, NJ for racist mistreatment.Trigger warning: police brutality.According to the complaint, Kim, then 17, was one of about a dozen minors transported to police headquarters after officers broke up a loud house party. The minors were not advised of their Miranda rights or told why they were being arrested, the complaint states.The Korean American plaintiff alleges that the officers ‘displayed a pattern of racial bias and/or indifference’ by using a racial slur to reference Asian-Americans.Upon arriving at police headquarters, some of the teens were led inside the building. The remaining handful - mostly of Asian descent, and all of whom had their cellphones confiscated - were kept locked in the van and weren’t acknowledged when two officers returned to the vehicle later to respond to a couple of calls before they took the van back to police headquarters, the suit said.Kim and the others were left inside the vehicle for 15 hours in below-freezing temperatures without food, water or toilet facilities, the complaint stated.[Read More]This story is totally disgusting. -- source link
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