Virginia AG Sues Town, Alleging Discriminatory Policing

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Virginia’s attorney general says a small town’s police department has operated in a way that led to discrimination against African Americans and violated their constitutional rights.

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The town responded with a lengthy statement that broadly refuted the allegations and called Herring's decision to file the suit just weeks before he leaves office “clearly political.” Based on those disproportionate stops and searches, the department is “performing its law enforcement activities in a discriminatory and biased manner," the complaint said.

Windsor's statement said the complaint cites “questionable data on the quantity and nature of traffic stops and searches," without providing more specifics. It also said that the town's seven-member police department has taken steps this year to increase training and accountability and that those “advancements” had been discussed with Herring's office as recently as Dec. 10.

 

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