A federal jury ordered compensation of $8.25 million after it found that sheriff's deputies wrongly detained a Black family at a Northern California Starbucks.
A federal jury found that sheriff's deputies wrongly detained a Black family at a Northern California Starbucks and ordered compensation of $8.25 million.
"This is vindication and validation for the Loggervales that they've been wronged, and that means a lot," Craig Peters, their attorney, said Thursday.The deputies, who are white, are alleged to have told them they were being investigated for"car burglaries committed by unidentified Black men" in recent months, the plaintiffs said.
A federal jury in the Northern District of California found that deputies and Alameda County violated the constitutional rights of Aasylei Loggervale and her daughters, Aaottae Loggervale and Aasylei Hardge-Loggervale, and breached“The community’s trust in my agency is foundational to my mission of maintaining a positive relationship with those we serve,""The facts of this case are extremely important to me and our community members, however, I must reserve my comments until the case...
The two deputies who detained Loggervale and her daughters are still employed by the department, a sheriff's spokesperson said.
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