officers - The Black Vault

•
,!firmly believe that
• the decision to break
': up the demonstration
was racist.
-jono Shaffer
Union organizer
, as he walked away from the police line.
Other demonstrators were knocked down
by officers who continued to hit them
with batons as they tried to crawl away.
' Forty demqnstrators were arrested during
the noontime march.
•
- A--Police Commission investigation of
the confrontation found that officers '
overreacted when they waded into the
crowd, but the commission also blamed
· union organizers for being so secretive
about their plans that the police were not
, fully prepared.
Some 150 marchers have filed a $75
million claim against the police department,
accusing officers of assault and
battery, violating their First Amendment
rights, intentional infliction of emotional
distress and negligent supervision.
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