Missouri: Lawsuit against 343 St. Louis cops over 2017 kettle arrest seeks class-action status

Lawsuit against 343 St. Louis cops over 2017 kettle arrest seeks class-action status

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday against the city and 343 St. Louis police officers and officials is seeking class-action status to represent scores of protesters arrested downtown in a police "kettle" two years ago. The 75-page suit says that officers either violated or conspired to violate the constitutional rights of 123 arrested on Sept. 17, 2017, and also violated a 2015 consent decree that said police couldn't use chemical agents without a warning. Police officials should have known that there was no legal basis or probable cause to use force against protesters or arrest them, the suit continues. It says ...

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