Activist accuses trooper of race-based assault at Statehouse protest

Shela Linton, second from right, is a founder of the Root Social Justice Center in Brattleboro. Here she is pictured with fellow members of a state racial justice panel in August. File photo by Cyrus Ready-Campbell/VTDigger(This story by Bob Audette was published by the Brattleboro Reformer on Jan. 8, 2018.)BRATTLEBORO — A co-founder of Brattleboro’s Root Social Justice Center has filed a civil rights violation complaint against the Vermont State Police, contending a trooper assaulte