Most of Alabaster Racial profiling case thrown out

A federal judge has thrown out most of a two-year-old lawsuit accusing the Alabaster Police Department of racial profiling. U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn dismissed claims against the department, the city and unidentified officers who were accused of stopping blacks and Hispanics solely because of their race. Blackburn did not dismiss the claim that alleged profiling was the result of the policies set by Chief Stanley Oliver and ex-chief Larry Rollan. But the judge left open the opportunity for the city to ask that claim also be dismissed against Oliver and Rollan based on qualified immunity. The judge noted in her order she had reservations about not throwing out those claims now. Qualified immunity typically applies to public officials when performing their jobs. [more ]