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A Virginia Town Asks a Judge to Dismiss a Discriminatory Policing Lawsuit
A small town in southeastern Virginia has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges its police department has operated in a way that led to discrimination against Black people and violated their constitutional rights.
In a court filing Monday, the town of Windsor called the allegations made in the lawsuit filed by former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring “erroneous and conclusory.”
Herring filed the lawsuit in December, shortly before leaving office. The court action came after an investigation by Herring’s office that was prompted by a December 2020 traffic stop involving two Windsor police officers and Caron Nazario, an Army lieutenant who is Black and Latino.
