Lawyers: Study on policing gives new grounds for bias suit

Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette testifies in January at the Statehouse. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerBENNINGTON — Lawyers for an African-American man who filed a civil rights suit over a traffic stop and arrest in Bennington are pressing to reinstate claims that a federal judge dismissed in May.
Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont seek to restore allegations against Police Chief Paul Doucette and the town Police Department that were dismissed, altho