Yesterday we told you that the age-old police practice of profiling men during stop and searches has finally come to an end after multiple cases in court are challenging its constitutionality.
Well, two such cases were brought before the courts by Greg Nunez and Bryton Codd, in December 2020 and January 2021, respectively.
Both men filed claims against the department for two separate instances of stop and searches that ended in the photographing of their identification documents without them being charged for any criminal act.
In a press release from their lawyer, Leslie Mendez, she said that they have noted the news reports about the ComPol's instructions to other officers to discontinue this practice. She mentioned that both Nunez and Codd have expressed that any feelings of relief or joy that the news "may have prompted is…tempered by the impact that this practice has already had on them and dozens of other men who have been subjected to it."
Still, the court case will progress, and the press release says quote, "The court will determine the constitutionality of the practice and provide instructive guidance to the Department for any future policy. Additionally, the deeper strife which has been engendered between the public and the Police Force is a matter that remains with the Department to confront and address." End quote.
