Lawsuit: Columbus police use excessive force against blacks
Source: Associated Press
Andrew Welsh-huggins, Associated Press
Updated 12:41 pm, Monday, September 18, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police continue to use excessive force against residents and, in particular, blacks nearly 20 years after the government sued over similar allegations, according to a federal lawsuit filed against the city.
The department also fails to properly train, supervise, monitor and discipline officers who use excessive force, said the civil rights complaint filed Sunday on behalf of Timothy Davis.
At issue is the Sept. 1 arrest of Davis inside a Columbus convenience store where officers tried to arrest him on a warrant alleging he assaulted an officer last year.
The lawsuit was filed as unrest continues in St. Louis after a white former police officer was acquitted in the killing of a black suspect.
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