Deputies' lawsuit alleges humiliation- 8 say race behind forced lineup
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:08PM
TheSpook
Seven black deputies and one former deputy have
filed a federal lawsuit accusing Harris County Sheriff's Department
officials of humiliating them in front of fellow officers and jail
inmates by forcing them to be photographed for a lineup. The eight were
among 16 deputies ordered into the lineup on June 8, 1999, more than
three weeks after a woman visiting an inmate at the county jail said
she had been sexually assaulted by a black man in a sheriff's uniform,
according to the lawsuit. [more] link VIA Blackmystory.com
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