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E.D.Ark.: Police department engaged in racial profiling

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

An Arkansas municipal police department engaged in racial profiling in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment. Giron v. City of Alexander, Arkansas, 4:07-CV-00568 GTE (E.D.Ark. March 5, 2010): As a Law Enforcement Officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice. – Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, signed by Defendant Leath on January 8, 2007. See Defendant’s Exhibit 3. For the reasons explained below, the Court concludes that Defendant Alexander Police Officer Tommy Leath, contrary to his own sworn oath, violated the constitutional rights of each of the Plaintiffs whose claims were tried in this proceeding...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 06, 2010 (boomark / email).