Allegedly aggressive tactics employed by Atlanta police in response to protests in the wake of a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for a black teenager’s death resurfaced Tuesday in a fourth civil rights lawsuit.
Corey Toole—who had joined the Ferguson protest march through downtown Atlanta in November 2014—said he was standing on a public sidewalk filming the protesters when police officers surrounded him and slammed him face-first onto the pavement before taking him into custody. The altercation allegedly left Toole with deep gashes on his forehead and lower lip, along with a chipped tooth. Police also confiscated Toole’s cellphone and allegedly damaged it during his arrest. A misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge against Toole was later dismissed.
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