Michael Jennings filed the lawsuit Friday night against three officers and the central Alabama town of Childersburg.
by white police officers while watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town filed a federal lawsuit alleging the ordeal violated his constitutional rights and caused lingering problems including emotional distress and anxiety.
Jennings’ lawyers held a news conference outside the Birmingham federal courthouse on Saturday to discuss the lawsuit, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and other groups planned a rally afterward at a downtown park."I’m here for accountability, and I’m here for justice," Jennings told the news conference.
Jennings identified himself as "Pastor Jennings" but refused to provide identification to the officers, who arrested him on a charge of obstructing government operations after a 20-minute confrontation that included raised voices on both sides.Filed in municipal court, the charge was dismissed within days at the request of the then-police chief.
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