Civil Rights

A federal judge <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Civil-rights-4.pdf"><strong>refused to dismiss</strong></a> an equal protection claim against Chicago and two police officers who pulled a man over and arrested him, allegedly because he was a black man driving an expensive car on the South Side, though some claims were dismissed without prejudice.

CHICAGO — A federal judge refused to dismiss an equal-protection claim against Chicago and two police officers who pulled a man over and arrested him, allegedly because he was a black man driving an expensive car on the South Side, though some claims were dismissed without prejudice.

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