Lawsuit claims officer sexually assaulted Black man while frisking him
Suit cites evidence from Daily Memphian investigation in contending MPD fails to properly investigate police misconduct
A client of lawyer Jacob Webster Brown looks out his attorney’s office window on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The client contends in a federal lawsuit that a Memphis Police Department officer sexually assaulted him during a stop-and-frisk operation last year. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A federal lawsuit contends Memphis police sexually assaulted a Black man during a stop-and-frisk operation and then failed to properly investigate the incident. The suit cites evidence from a Daily Memphian allegation into MPD’s failure to refer brutality claims to prosecutors.
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Memphis Police Department police brutality George Floyd Sexual Assault Michael Rallings Memphis Mayor Jim StricklandMarc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
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