The Milwaukee Police Department will need to defend its controversial use of stop-and-frisk policies in light of a class-action lawsuit lodged by the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a report.
The nonprofit is representing Charles Collins, 67, and numerous others in the Wisconsin city, with a class-action case accusing the police force led by Chief Edward Flynn of racially profiling with quotas.
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“As a brother or black man living in Milwaukee, it’s not an unusual thing,” Collin told Reason. “When I leave my home, I leave with apprehension. Not that it’s in your face, but it’s there. I feel there’s a good possibility that I’ll get shot or pulled over.”
The lawsuit comes on the heel of the ACLU scoring a large round of donations while battling the Trump administration’s travel ban. Its attorneys will claim that Milwaukee’s policy violates Title VI civil rights, the Fourteenth Amendment and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
