By Sheryl Estrada Jason Goolsby, a Washington, D.C., college student who was forcibly detained by police because he made a white woman feel “uncomfortable” while using an ATM last October, is suing the District for $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages. According to Goolsby’s lawsuit,…
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D.C. Cop’s Use of Force Against Black Student Found ‘Reasonably Necessary’
By Sheryl Estrada Michael Brown, left, and Jason Goolsby, right, with Peter Grenier, Goolsby’s attorney, at a news conference on Oct. 15 An internal review released by the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 25 found that an officer’s use of force on Oct. 12 to detain Jason Goolsby…
Transcript of 911 Call Leading to Police Brutality in D.C. Released, Protestors March
By Sheryl Estrada Photo taken by Collin Rees during demonstrations Tuesday night. Washington, D.C. released on Mondaythe transcriptof a911call that led to city police officers chasing, tackling and violently handcuffing 18-year-old college student Jason Goolsby on Oct. 12 for attempting to use an ATM. At a news conference on Thursday,Goolsby’s…