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| Subject: YaY! ACLU, transgender Newark resident sues city police alleging harassment Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:52 pm | |
| NEWARK -- The Newark Police Department illegally harassed a transgender woman and needs to reform its civilian complaint system to prevent future abuses, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The six-count lawsuit alleges two officers stopped Diana Taylor, born Christopher Moore, last March for no reason.
They then mocked her sexual orientation and threatened her with retaliation if she filed a complaint.
“I kept asking, ‘What did I do? What did I do?’” Taylor said at a news conference today. “I’m coming forward now because this shouldn’t have happened to me.”
The lawsuit is the third the ACLU has filed against the police force in as many years, said Deborah Jacobs, the executive director of the ACLU’s New Jersey chapter. She called for a slew of department changes, including a way to submit civilian complaints online and an independent monitor to review the internal affairs division.
“(The administration) came in saying internal affairs was important, but we expect it to be run better than it is,” Jacobs said.
The Newark Police Department did not respond to requests for comment today.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/transgender_newark_resident_al.html
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