Civil Rights
Jul. 30, 2002
First Plaintiff Testifies In Racial-Profiling Case
LOS ANGELES - One of three African-Americans in a racial profiling trial against the Los Angeles Police Department testified Friday that he was forced at gunpoint to lie on hot pavement, handcuffed, told to shut up and called, "Boy."
Wayne Person, 50, a Department of Defense worker in Portsmouth, Va., said he perceived the officer's comments during the traffic stop in Venice t...
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