在这起针对科罗拉多斯普林斯市警察和该市的诉讼中, 科罗拉多州的ACLU指控两名黑人客户, Ryan and Benjamin Brown, 警察部门种族偏见执法的“习惯和做法”是否没有根据, racially-motivated stops and searches.
布朗兄弟在离家仅一个街区的地方开车时，被科罗拉多斯普林斯警方拦下.
一名挥舞着泰瑟枪的警察命令司机本杰明·布朗(Benjamin Brown)下车. He was handcuffed, searched without cause, 被关在警车后座上, even though he had been cooperative, no weapons or contraband were found, 也没有证据表明他参与了犯罪.
Ryan Brown 开始用手机录下这次会面. 他一再要求警察查明停车的原因，但没有被理睬. 警察合力把他从车里逼了出来, 把他脸朝下推到雪地里, search him, and handcuff him, all the while at gunpoint.
将Ryan Brown从车里拖出来的警察说他并没有被逮捕，他们只是在检查他是否携带武器. No weapons were found. 警察抓起瑞恩的手机扔在雪地里. They then cited Ryan for “obstruction.”
瑞安·布朗立即提出了公民投诉, sbobet篮球的律师撤销了妨碍司法的指控.
Ryan received a brief boilerplate letter 声明称，警方对该事件进行了“全面和彻底”的调查，并得出结论，警察的行为是 “justified, legal, and proper.”
The lawsuit asserts that Colorado Springs police have an illegal custom and practice of : “(1) engaging in racial profiling at the initial stop of individuals; (2) searching them without reasonable suspicion that they are armed or dangerous; and (3) unnecessarily detaining them for extended periods of time in an effort to build some basis for arrest.”
Update: 在一项和解协议中，科罗拉多斯普林斯支付了21.2万美元赔偿ACLU的客户. 警察局还同意对其有关搜身搜查和人员记录警察活动的政策进行大量改进和修订. I
ACLU news releases:
- “sbobet篮球将代表两名因种族歧视警察而受害的科罗拉多斯普林斯男子，” ACLU News Release, May 5, 2015
- sbobet篮球质疑科罗拉多斯普林斯警官的无罪释放, 要求内务部记录有关种族歧视的交通拦截,” ACLU News Release, June 24, 2015
- "sbobet篮球撤销了对瑞安·布朗的刑事指控, 再次要求提供与种族歧视交通拦截有关的内务记录,” ACLU News Release, September 25, 2015
- "sbobet篮球起诉科罗拉多斯普林斯种族歧视警察" ACLU News Release, October 12, 2016
- "科罗拉多斯普林斯支付21.2万美元了结sbobet篮球种族貌相诉讼" ACLU News Release, April 20, 2017
Media:
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“sbobet篮球:视频，警方报告对科罗拉多斯普林斯交通拦截的有效性提出质疑，” Gazette, May 3, 2015
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视频:这是种族定性吗?,” Fox 5, May 4, 2015
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“sbobet篮球:科罗拉多斯普林斯两名黑人男子是警察种族偏见的受害者，” The Denver Post, May 5, 2015
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“警方调查被ACLU称为种族定性的视频，” CBS News, May 4, 2015
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“sbobet篮球称，瑞安·布朗视频:因挡风玻璃破裂而进行种族貌相，” Westword, May 6, 2015
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“警方调查被ACLU称为种族定性的视频，” Daily Mail, May 5, 2015
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“sbobet篮球指责科罗拉多斯普林斯警方种族定性，” 9 News, May 6, 2015
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"警察在交通拦截录像中被放行了" 9 News, June 24, 2015
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"sbobet篮球质疑科罗拉多斯普林斯交通停运调查" CPR News, June 24, 2015
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“科罗拉多州警方表示，在交通拦截视频中没有‘种族定性’，” Christian Science Monitor, June 24, 2015
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“科罗拉多斯普林斯警方拒绝了对交通拦截的内部事务报告的要求，” Gazette, July 10, 2015
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“Colo. 警方拒绝了有关交通拦截的内务报告要求。” Police 1, July 10, 2015
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"科罗拉多斯普林斯警方将调查参与ACLU投诉的警员" Gazette, July 15, 2015
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"莱恩·布朗无罪，但sbobet篮球要求警方证明视频中面部植入是正当的" Westword, September 30, 2015
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"同事说警官可能升级了斯普林斯的停车" AP News, October 9, 2015
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“ACLU files lawsuit over traffic stop,” 11 News, October 12, 2016
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“视频曝光后，科罗拉多斯普林斯警方被指控种族定性，” The Denver Post, October 12, 2016
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"sbobet篮球在科罗拉多斯普林斯的交通检查站提起种族貌相诉讼" Rocky Mountain PBS, Octoer 14, 2016
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sbobet篮球声称CSPD在针对科罗拉多斯普林斯市的诉讼中实行种族貌相, 3 officers,” Gazette, October 12, 2016
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"sbobet篮球起诉两名黑人停车" CBS News, October 14, 2016
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“科罗拉多斯普林斯市警方同意支付21.2万美元解决种族貌相诉讼，” Gazette, April 20, 2017
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"市政府将支付21.2万美元解决种族貌相诉讼" 11 News, April 20, 2017
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"sbobet篮球，科罗拉多斯普林斯同意解决种族貌相诉讼" The Denver Post, April 20, 2017
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“这起案件促使科罗拉多州的sbobet篮球开发了一款记录警察行为的应用程序，” KOAA News, February 17, 2019