Posted on 09/08/2009 7:47:20 PM PDT by Chet 99
LOS ANGELES—A group of Southern California residents opposed to the way checkpoints were being conducted in Latino neighborhoods have sued Pomona police officers, accusing them of intimidation.
The plaintiffs include more than 50 people who attended an August 2008 community meeting to discuss the checkpoints, which some residents say targeted Latinos.
They say police officers in plainclothes came to the meeting at a local religious center and threatened and intimidated participants.
The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses the officers of interfering with their rights to free speech, assembly and religion at that meeting.
"We expect the police to respect the Constitution of the United States," Angela Sanbrano, one of the plaintiffs and a member of a coalition organizing opposition to the checkpoints, said Tuesday.
Police in the city east of Los Angeles have said the checkpoints were set up to look for drunk drivers and traffic safety violations.
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If the police were dressed like Black Panthers it should be fine.
They’re upset because so many of them are having their cars impounded for driving without insurance and not having a valid drivers license...
Hey, they make great revenue targets....These dummies keep the governments lottery style retirement programs running good. When tax collections are way down, they know what to do.
Yeah, as if Latino’s are really interested in upholding the Constitution of the United States of America. How about you stop protecting those Latino’s who are in the country illegally to demonstrate how much you want to uphold the Constitution.
It'd be kinda hilarious if it was crisply dressed civilian non-police gringos just kinda intentionally holding eye contact for just a little too long.
It’s not *SURPRISING* people are losing their *FINGERS* at California events.
Guess they didnt get the memo from that black cop that this isn’t America anymore.
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