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COALITION OF BLACK LEADERSHIP v. DOORLEY

Civ. A. No. 4523.

349 F.Supp. 127 (1972)

The COALITION OF BLACK LEADERSHIP et al. v. Joseph A. DOORLEY, Jr., et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Roney, Cary J. Coen, R. I. Legal Services, Alton W. Wiley, Providence, R. I., Drew S. Days, III, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert J. McOsker, City Sol., City of Providence, Ronald H. Glantz, Asst. City Sol., Harry Goldstein, John P. Bourcier, Providence, R. I., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

A novel evidentiary question has arisen in this civil rights action brought by the black citizens of Providence against the Mayor, Commissioner of Public Safety, and Police Department of the City of Providence. The black citizens complain that they have been subjected to a pattern and practice of improper and illegal police conduct, that is, to racism and brutality. The evidence presented by the opposing sides has been in...

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