Federal Judge Allows ACLU Racial Profiling Case Against Bennington PD to Go Forward

News Release — ACLU of VermontMay 19, 2017
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Lia Ernst(802) 223-6304 x112lernst@acluvt.org
James Lyall(802) 223-6304 x115jlyall@acluvt.org
MONTPELIER—United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled this week that an ACLU of Vermont civil rights lawsuit alleging racial profiling and unreasonable search and seizure will go forward against two former Bennington police officers and the Town of Bennington.
Rejecting the defendants’ request to dismiss the case, the court