ACLU Sues Pawtucket School Officials Over Unlawful Arrest of 13-Year-Old Honors Student
June 02, 2020
June 02, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
As conflict over race-based discriminatory police practices permeates the country, ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys Shannah Kurland and Lynette Labinger filed suit in federal court over a Pawtucket School Resource Officer's (SRO) gratuitous and unlawful handcuffing and arrest last year of Tre'sur Johnson, a 13-year-old African-American honors student at Goff Midd . . .
As conflict over race-based discriminatory police practices permeates the country, ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys Shannah Kurland and Lynette Labinger filed suit in federal court over a Pawtucket School Resource Officer's (SRO) gratuitous and unlawful handcuffing and arrest last year of Tre'sur Johnson, a 13-year-old African-American honors student at Goff Midd . . .