Civil Rights Groups Sues City of Charlotte and Its Police Chief for Excessive Force on Peaceful Protesters

(Raleigh, N.C.) – Protesters who were attacked by Charlotte-Mecklenburg law enforcement during a peaceful protest against police brutality, sued the city of Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney, today for violating their state constitutional rights. The groups involved in the lawsuit, NAACP-Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Nerve Media Productions, American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, Team TruBlue, … Continue reading Civil Rights Groups Sues City of Charlotte and Its Police Chief for Excessive Force on Peaceful Protesters