Jury to get police brutality case today against Black Teenagers
/The federal civil rights lawsuit against five
white policemen and the city of St. Joseph by three black plaintiffs
got smaller this week when a federal judge dismissed a claim against
one policeman and dismissed other claims. The case was expected to go
to the jury today. No longer a part of the suit is policeman Chris
Mendus. Mendus and fellow officers Mark Boelcke, Lenny Rothrock,
Richard Pulliam and Dale Easton were named in the suit, which is being
heard in federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
It was filed on behalf of three former St. Joseph teenagers, Devin
Mitchell, Cody Mitchell and Preston Culpepper. They allege that the
five policemen violated their 14th Amendment rights of equal protection
under the law by practicing selective prosecution, false arrest and
imprisonment. [more 
]
]
