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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."

        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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