https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6 Made with a curious mind en-us 2019-04-11 14:35:05 UTC 2025-11-23 15:05:25 UTC hello@padlet.com tcusack1 https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350798093 In September of 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri sued the city of St. Louis and its police force after officers responded to peaceful demonstrations with excessive force. In what has come to be known as the “kettle,” more than 100 victims were arrested and testified that they were surrounded, beaten, pepper-sprayed and taunted as they kneeled or laid on the ground.]]> 2019-04-11 14:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350798093 tcusack1 https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350802618 The ACLU of Missouri has filed a class action lawsuit against the city of St. Louis on behalf of protesters — alleging the city has retaliated against them for expressing their right to free speech, unreasonably seized them, applied undue force and violated their due process rights with methods including "kettling," gassing them and spraying them without fair warning. 

]]> 2019-04-11 14:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350802618 tcusack1 https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350805542 The lawsuit was filed Sep 22, 2017 in federal court on behalf of lead plaintiffs Malleable Ahmad and Alison Dreith, who were pepper-sprayed at the downtown protest. Dreith is also executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri. ]]> 2019-04-11 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tcusack1/zhryzef02qw6/wish/350805542